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When the Camellia Blooms
First of all: I wanted to wrote this review since so much time ago, as a girl who never met his biological father, this drama really hit me. And I was really nervous because I watched this drama with tears in my eyes.
I am not a native English speaker, actually I'm studying English so probably you will going to read some mistakes (please forgive me) but I want to write in English because I don't want my mom or my dad understand this (just in case one day they have this review in his hands) but still want to share my experience by watching when camellia Blooms.
Plot
Dong-Baek (Kong Hyo-Jin) is a single mother living in the small town of Ongsan. She runs the bar-restaurant Camellia, while also taking care of her son Pil-Gu (Kim Kang-Hoon). The people of Ongsan frequently gossip about Dong-Baek. She grew up as an orphan, is a single mother and runs a bar where many of the men in Ongsan frequent. Regardless of what the locals may whisper about Dong-Baek, local police officer Hwang Yong-Sik (Kang Ha-Neul) is deeply in love with her. Meanwhile, Dong-Baek's ex-boyfriend Kang Jong-Ryeol (Kim Ji-Suk) suddenly reappears in her life. He is a famous baseball player, that hid their relationship when they dated. While Dong-Baek tries to find happiness, something truly sinister lurks in the background. A serial killer roams Ongsan and Dong-Baek may be a target.
My opinion
When I started to watch this drama the first thing I saw was the opening, I really like that opening. It’s pretty and feels like a lullaby. Calm before storm. And then the most unique a brilliant story started, a beautiful woman who struggle for give a good life to his young son, who it is really worried about his mother.
I don’t have to think a lot, Pil Gu is my favorite character and it is because he is just like me.
First he has warmblood, he is a fighter, he is really passionate and really strong. He don’t want to saw his mother sad so he is trying to protecting her all the time. He is a little kid but he is full of worries and it's a little cruel.
But also he is really talented at baseball, He has a little chubby and lovely friend who has the most irritable lady as a mother. And also Pil Gu has a secret desires, having a father is one of them but he don't want to admitid.
Even when he wants to protect her mother he said a lot of cruel stuffs to her.
At first Dong Beak is really stupid and passive character but the background it’s really important. She thinks that she has a bad luck with her, so she always accept everything like if she deserves, at the same time she has a good heart, she can’t be bad with no one and that is her curse. And sometimes I got really mad with her for be like “it’s okay I deserve this”.
But i honestly understood that she was insecure and lonely, she has nobody and she is just trying to don't make people angry. she is grateful with others (idk why)
One of the thing that I hate most it's the way that people in Onsang can't stop bitching and gossip. I wanted to scream "It's not your fucking problem" like all the time.
But you have to take a look into a Korean culture,for example in my country (Or at Latin America in general) there are a lot of single mothers as popcorn. So i really needed time to understood why being a single mother was so bad and why people on Onsang couldn't stop messing with Dong Beak just for being a single mother.
She was a mother, without a man SOOO WHAT???
When Jong Sik get into the Dong Beak’s Life the things started to change and that it is one of the reasons why I love him a lot. He doesn’t care about her past, he encourage her to be a stronger woman, he doesn’t care about himself, he was really worried for Dong Beak because he knows that inside of her, there was a fire.
He was the funniest character, he is a lucky fool and he plays a good role. He is the good boy, with the biggest heart but don't take him bad, because he never lets people treat him badly or trample him down.
You may think that Jong Sik only cares about Pil Gu because Dong Beak its his mother but it is not in that way, Jong Sik he really cares for Pil Gu. He really want to take care of him and be his model role, even if he knows he will never be his real dad, he want to support him as a real one. That was a beautiful thing, because even when Pil Gu gets mad with him because Jong Sik date with his mother, Jong Sik don't change, he still want to be his family.
As a magic destiny want, the real father appears. Jong Ryeol is famous and has a lot of money but now he is a married guy with a little young daughter. He finds out that he has a son, and he became into a crazy man. First because he never forgot Dong Beak and second because his life with his wife it is horrible, and third because Pil Gu had his talent but his son had to live a poor and chaotic life with his mother. He want to take him away from Dong Beak.
I don’t hate him because he doesn’t know about Pil Gu, and it is not his fault that Dong Beak never told him, she has her reasons and I am in her side. But he entry it’s chaotic and he want Pil Gu at his side, he doesn’t care about if Pil Gu it’s all that Dong Beak has. He tried everything, he even threatened Dong Baek. (Fucking Asshole)
One of the moments that I cried most is when Pilgu finds out that Jong Ryeol is his biological father, he finds out alone. Pil Gu cried and cried a lot, i was heart broken, he needs his mother and she was busy becoming into a strong woman to him.
I admire how Pil Gu doesn't care for the money of his father (one thing that I hate about Kang Jong Ryeol is that he thinks he can resolve everything with money), Pil Gu doesn't care about money, he only want to make happy to his mother. Every desition was always thinking in her. As I said, he was a really strong boy.
The end of this story was as indicated, like a puzzle everything found its true place. We lost a very iconic character, but his departure had an important meaning in Dong Beak's life.
I learned a lot of live, love, friendship and I have to say this drama is very good, with a lot of different shades that make it special. And I recommend it so much, this drama will encourage you to be who you really are, will all your good and bad things.
Las personas que critican el K-pop solo por ser sur coreano
¿Todo bien en casa?
¿Acaso no ven películas estadounidenses solo porque no son de su país?
Solo es un xenofobia en todo su esplendor.
