Daisy

I still remember watching this movie right after my SPM. At that time, Malaysia is really lucky to have veoh but up until 2008, it was banned. =( I've always been a fan of Jeon Ji Hyun. So, browsing through all the Korean movies, this one caught my eye. And also the fact that Jeon Ji Hyun is the main actress. =) This is not the typical sad love movie. It is very beautifully portrayed by the famous Hong Kong movie director, Andrew Lau Wai Keung. Actually, there are 2 versions. One of them is the Hong Kong version and the other is the international version. I watched the international cut and I've read from some forums that the 2 versions vary considerably but the international cut is much more preferred by many. =)

The theme is love. But... not really. It is about the love triangle between a cop, an assassin and a street painter. Both the cop and assasin fell for the same girl. But somehow, fate has a way of twisting their lives. Daisy first tells the story of how the assasin met the girl and fallen in love with her. Everyday at 4.15 pm, the girl will receive a pot of daisies at her doorstep. But he wouldn't show himself to her. She somehow grew an affection towards her admirer and longed to know who he really is.
"Who is this person who sends me flowers? Why doesn’t he shows himself to me?"



The assasin loves her from afar, always looking at her from afar, following whenever she goes and copying whatever she does. One day, a cop whom so happened to carry a pot of daisies dropped by and asked to be painted a portrait of him. Thinking that her admirer had finally decided to show himself, the girl soon fell in love with the cop thinking he is the one sending her the daisies. Somehow, the cop too fell in love with her and couldn't tell her he wasn't the one she had been searching for. The assasin soon realized the situation.

Of course, in between, there was something tragic that happened which left all 3 of them heartbroken. The girl lost her voice, the cop left the country. (btw, the place they were in is somewhere in Europe, I forgot which country) The assasin then finally showed himself to the girl but had to live in the shadow of the cop.
“I'd built that bridge for you. But I didn’t know that I would be building it for you and him.”




The ending was a sad one. Haha. As you can expect it. But although it is sad, it's not entirely a bad ending as well because finally, she knew whom was the one she really loves from the beginning. All the time, she had been loving the cop only thinking that he was the assasin. So, his love is finally requited. Yay! Although, not for long. Haha. But still, enough to leave an impact =). When I watched the movie, I really like the assasin as well. Lol. Maybe because when he starts firing his gun, he looks so "yeng". Jkjk. No, maybe because he was trained to kill and yet still has a soft side in him. Lolz.. so lame of me. =.=. But anyhow, I feel that his pain is more significant than the cop's.

It is an art movie but in a way, it is not slow at all. Everything is nicely paced and all emotions are beautifully captured. You could almost feel the pain the characters were going through. The assasin was played by Jeong Woo Sung from "A moment to Remember". The cop? Aiks... cannot remember his name le.. >< The cinematography was breathtaking as the setting was somewhere in Europe. Andrew Lau never fails to impress again and of course Jeon Ji Hyun as well. But not everyone is a fan of art films. But in my opinion, this is one of the good movies that should be recommended. It really is beautiful =). Below is the trailer.