A Juventude de Maio (2021)

THE MAY WHERE IT ALL BEGAN....

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An absolutely beautiful story filled with love, family, protests, identity and self-discovery. This moved me to tears in profound ways.

While I was aware of how it was going to end, never did I think that myung hee and hee tae's love story would move me so deeply. A love story that transcends time and space. A relentless and persevering love. A love that births self-discovery. A love that withstands the test of life. Wow!!

Knowing that the political side of this story was based on real-life events was absolutely gut-wrenching. The decisions humans make when given power (a gun) reveals what truly lies within. Kudos to the humans who didn't allow this power to turn them into blood-thirsty and power driven monsters. Reminds me of a powerful scripture in Jeremiah 17:9 - "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick, who can understand it?"

The recognition that the decision between who gets to live and who gets to die being in the hands of God takes the pressure and guilt off of humans and allows us to move on because in reality...there's only so much we can do to keep a person alive. Bad things happen, and when they do, its important to acknowledge how you feel, grieve, and then move on because time will keep flowing and life will carry on as usual without waiting for anyone. This my friend, is part of the package that comes with being human but God (the source of all comfort) is able to comfort us and help us move on while making the tragedies that have occurred work together in a meaningful way that can impact the lives of those around us. Once Hee Tae recognized this, he was able to overcome his anxiety and continue living...long enough to retrieve Myung hee's body and read the vows she never got to read to him on their wedding day

Overall, this drama is a beautifully written story with compelling characters, fantastic OST, beautiful acting and a well-written story! Please give this a watch! You wont regret it...get your teachers ready...you're in for a wild ride!

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bruh

this mf drama pissed me off hoe, i aint even know that gwangju uprising shi was even real. Just thought it was some dramatisation of events, but it actually happened irl. if i was in that era mf ik kickboxing, muay thai and most importantly I'm as real as they come. I'd single handedly save every innocent civilian and put the man behind this in prison rotting to the earth's core. Bro is so lucky I was born a billion years later, but you know what they say. Youth isn't about being young, its what you do. Now a real killer like me would've ABSOLuTeLOY destroyed the entire army with boxing skills and my bad driving ability. what im tryna say i cant fkn believe this is a true story, how could they do that to kids and innocent people treating them like dogs. mf IM BATMAN, THEY SO LUCKY THE MENACE OF DARKNESS IS A TEENAGER

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PROGRESSIVE STORY, AND THE IDEAL MALE LEAD

Alright, I will tell you why you should be watching this drama right now;
1) the story is very progressive, in episode 2 there is a minor conversation between the characters which indicates a disregard for gender roles which I really liked, I mean gender roles really really need to be crushed. Then this is a story that has a lot of things going on and one of the most central parts of it is the uprisings that were going on in that time in 1980, it talks about students fighting for democracy and fighting against the injustices, and the male lead is not toxic which brings us to,
2) OK so the thing about male leads is that we have always been introduced to male leads who are shown to be powerful because they have a lot of physical strength, they are protecting the female lead using their physical strength (NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT JUST BE IT TO A CHARACTER) and imposing their masculinity in that way while they're protecting the female lead. their characters would be like extremely brooding, and arrogant to the female lead because they have had a bad past. The average rich guy who hates his parents for how unfair they are and so he is rude. We have been conditioned to like them because that's all that we have been introduced to but this male lead is different, he is a rich guy but he is not your average rich guy he is sweet smart, extremely smart, and he is handsome, he is protective, chivalrous he is I don't know if they will mention it in the future episodes or not but he is such a feminist, he is such a respectful human being, so respectful and so caring, thoughtful and observant, which makes him such a gentleman. I absolutely love love love the male lead and lee do hyun does an excellent job playing this character, with that sweet smile of his.

3) Strong female lead

4) There's a scene on a race track in the second episode, that scene is just so amazing and you learn so much from it about how should keep up the hussle till the very end.

5) IT'S A PERIOD DRAMA FFS
JUST WATCH IT

P.S I AM GONNA UPDATE A REVIEW AFTER EVERY TWO EPISODES I WATCH. SO FAR IT'S JUST BEEN 3

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talking about story, cast and my predictions)

Even though there's only 2 episodes that are out, I have so much to say about this drama.
Let's go!

To tell you a bit about the storyline of the drama. The story sets in 1980's in korean town Gwangju. It is the period of Gwangju's Uprising. We have Hwang Hee-Tae, a medical student who entered the best medical university in Seoul, and a 3-year nurse named Kim Myeong-Hee. Kim Myeong-Hee is from a poor family and a friend of Lee Soo-ryeon, daughter of a rich man in Gwangju. Myeong-Hee gets into university in Germany, but in order to get a scholarship she has to leave the country next month. With the lack of money for plane ticket, her and Soo-ryeon set a deal in which Myeong-Hee has to go 3 times on a date with Soo-ryeon's potential future husband, who by chance is Hwang Hee-Tae (son of another rich man in Gwangju), in her place so she can get her friends out of prison for protesting, and in return, she'll get her money for plane ticket. Hee-Tae and Myeong-Hee had encounters before, but not close enough for him to know her name, thinking that she will get dumped by him (by Soo-ryeon's tips on how to get dumped) she goes on the date, but it doesn't go well for her..

I really hope I didn't say much about those 2 episodes, I'll update if there's something more that has importance in the whole storyline. Now let's get onto the cast.

The cast is perfect, I like most of the characters for now. Lee Do-Hyun, portrays Hee-Tae sooo good, it really suits him to play character like him, since he himself gives vibes that he has a similar character as Hee-Tae. Go Min-Si... that woman never fails to impress me, I absolutely love Myeong-Hee, she is just an amazing young woman. Lee Sang-Yi, well, we still don't know his character, Lee Soo-Chan, but he seems like a nice person, and we already can see that he is hiding some feelings towards Myeong-Hee, or is it just me? Keum Sae-Rok and her character Lee Soo-Ryeon, I like her so much and I really hope her friendship with Myeong-Hee stays healthy and that nothing goes in between them. Other supporting roles are as awesome, Hwang Jung-Tae (played by Choi Seung-Hoon) and Kim Myeong-Soo (played by Jo Yi-Hyun), little brothers of our leads, seem to already have some bad tension between them, will that stand in a way of their older siblings' relationship?

Now, predictions...

Oh, I already know that there will be very heartbreaking stuff about this drama. About the end of episode 2.. wow, expected it, but not this soon, I can't wait to see how it all plays out since we already can see that leads have gained some interest in each other and I can't honestly predict how does Hee-Tae feel after finding out that Myeong-Hee lied about her identity, since we already saw that he said he doesn't care what her name is after he saw how she helped a boy in car accident, will he be mad? will he forgive her? I also have a gut that Soo-Ryeon will actually grow a liking towards Hee-Tae while Myeong-Hee is in Germany (connected to my prediction that she'll actually go to Germany). My next prediction is that she will not be accepted by Hee-Tae's family (specifically his father and potentially his brother) because she comes from a poor family. I have some other predictions like her and her father getting on good terms, Soo-Ryeon getting an apology from her friends, if something happens with Hee-Tae and Soo-Ryeon (by force of their parents) that Myeong-Hee will go to Germany and come back after a while, Hee-Tae waiting for her, her choosing to be with Soo-Chan out of jealousy, anger, sadness.. Not quite sure about those last theories, but I guess we'll find out? Hopefully at least one of my predictions comes out as true so I don't look like a complete fool hhh.

That's all for now, I hope this is helpful to at least 1 person and thank you if you read all of this !! Leave a comment of what you think about my review or predictions !!

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