When stricken with a terminal disease, Young-su leaves his careless high life in the city, live-in girlfriend and dwindling business. He retreats to a sanatorium in the countryside in order to treat his illness, where he meets a young woman who is a resident patient there. Soon they develop feelings for each other and leave the sanatorium together to live in a small but cozy farm house. Their health improves dramatically but when Young-su’s friends from the city come for a visit, he starts to wonder if he should abandon mundane rural village and return to his former lifestyle.
My comments:
Hmmm… I’ve seen director Hur Jin Ho’s previous One Fine Spring Day (a bore) and April Snow (a sleeping pill) so how is Happiness? It wasn’t that bad, at least I didn’t have the urge to fall asleep. It’s a very simple story about two patients bonding and then falling in love but one can expect how it will end. It is indeed sad so the movie title, Happiness, is quite ironic to the whole movie.
Really great acting from the leads. Hwang Jung Min is really good in the role, he’s not exactly likeable but very human since there are times that I felt like knocking his head for what he did. He also changes his physical appearance quite a few times during the movie, which makes you wonder if you’re watching different actors playing the role Young Soo. I’m not too fond of lead actress Lim Soo Jung but it was very heartwrenching to see her sob painfully like she did in the movie. Watch this if you’re in the mood for melodrama…
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