I had this (old) drama on my list for a long time, but I was afraid it would be bad! I was so so wrong...

Of course, there are difficult, painful moments, but above all there is a strong message, laughter, courage.

The story focuses on the struggles of a single mother, who lives on a remote island, with her senile grandfather and her HIV-positive daughter. The neighbors are very human: they have their temper, their faults, their anger, and are mostly uneducated. A totally depressed doctor arrives because he has just lost his girlfriend (a female doctor who had transmitted HIV to the child during an emergency transfusion).

The actors, all of them, but particularly the 2 leads (Jang Hyuk and Gong Hyo Jin) and the actress who plays the child, use their infinite talent, their sensitivity, to convey intense emotions. Censorship was still very present in 2007 and this drama is very humble, but these two great actors make us live this situation in looks, in sensitivity, in micro-expressions,... They are absolutely brilliant!

The screenwriter (for once) is correct in terms of psychological analysis:
- Relationships on an island are well developed. Proximity, gossip, life in a closed place, the brutal changes of the weather,...
- The strength, the fears, the will to keep a low profile of this mother who (rightly) gives absolute priority to her daughter.
- the depression and then the slow healing of the doctor
- parents' anxieties about HIV

This drama is a bit vintage (hairstyle, costumes, sets, long frozen scenes when the director wants to emphasize emotions, OST) but the characters are so strong that it's impossible to leave them.

Don't miss this masterpiece! You will laugh, cry, be outraged, ... and like me, want to watch this drama again.