I’ve seen this movie sometime in 2016 when I was on vacation in the Philippines, and recently while taking advantage of my high-speed internet, lol, I watched it again.
The usual plot actually, simple story about love, loss and moving on, but there is something unique about this movie that I love.
Although I’m not broken-hearted when I first see the movie, and even when I watched it the second time around, I just love how the characters portray their respective roles with so much compassion.
I love the character of Bela, who’s Bridgette in the movie. Oh well, I never see Bela as good as being Bridgette.
At the beginning of the movie where you would see her really crying out loud in pain because her Chinese boyfriend of ten years dumped her for someone of his race because they were not allowed to marry someone from different nationality as part of their tradition.
You would actually feel her inner sadness and deep heartache as she was still trying to communicate with her ex-bf, calling him several times and when he answered, trying to open up a conversation even for a few minutes, trying to bring back their memories, hoping to have a second chance -> I guess, asking why is he not responding to all her calls and text messages, begging for little time to meet him in person even for 5 minutes just to see him, and patiently waiting for him to come but he didn’t, all the rejections and disappointment, crying and crying all over again….
I felt her pain. I felt her rejections. I felt how it was like to be ignored just like that without reasons or at least a little explanation to make you feel better.
I felt how she was still trying to get in touch with the person, to be with him again even how much pain he caused her. Ouch!!!
Before the end of the film where she was seen meeting with the guy and the only thing she managed to ask him is “How are you? I just want to know if you are okay….” and left.
Oh well, you know, sometimes Life sucks for no apparent reason at all…and worse, you will be left with no other option but to force yourself to move on.
Chescadventures 