When A Man Loves

so i just finally finished watching When A Man Loves, also known as When A Man Falls In Love, and has just premiered in the Philippines two days ago.

it is a story about a girl, Mi Do, whose family owes a lot of money and are in trouble from loan sharks. she then meets the thug, Tae Sang, who was sent by the loan shark to get money from the father of Mi Do. Tae Sang became sympathetic with the family and decided to cut them some slack, give them more time and deduct the interest. Mi Do promised Tae Sang she will pay the debt in full at the given deadline.

when the time came, Mi Do showed up at Tae Sang's door and offered herself as payment for her family's debt. Tae Sang rejects the proposal and encourages Mi Do to never lose hope. Tae Sang saves Mi Do from a life threatening situation.

after seven years of not seeing each other, Tae Sang became an accomplished man, building his own company while Mi Do is still miserable and poor.

To make the long story short, Tae Sang fell in love with Mi Do. with twelve years age gap, Mi Do found it hard to return the love but was forced to be on the relationship with Tae Sang because of debt. yes, they did eventually fell in love in the end, but a lot was on the way and there were times i thought they'd never end up with each other. but they did.

i love the story because the male protagonist isn't perfect, the female protagonist is far from perfect either. in fact, my mind was screaming SLUT SLUT SLUT the whole time she was with this other guy (yes there is another guy) and i just hated her. but something happens to her that consoled me and i guess kind of a redemption for Tae Sang. Tae Sang also has interesting friends. friends that aren't perfect also. i guess what i liked about this story is that every character isn't perfect.

and pretty much the reason i fell in love with the story is because it was sad. it made me cry really bad. my heart was breaking for Tae Sang. whenever the song Introduction of Love would play on the background, i just couldn't help tearing up. i just love a story with unrequited love. haha! 

have you seen When A Man Loves?