Queen of Tears: A 'slightly fake' marriage that is still fun to watch

Actors Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun in the movie Queen of Tears - Photo: tvN

This fantastical element creates a strong attraction.

According to Nielsen Korea, episode 4 of the drama Queen of Tears aired on the evening of March 17 achieved an incredibly high rating of 13%.

In Vietnam, the film is currently the most viewed film on Netflix.

Queen of Tears: Cinderella Male Version

The Queen of Tears has been described as a modern male version of Cinderella. Perhaps that is the first fantastical element.

Hong Hea In, the third generation chaebol of the Queens Group, falls in love with and marries the handsome, talented commoner Baek Hyun Woo.

After 3 years of living together, their marriage went into decline.

Baek Hyun Woo becomes the legal director for his wife's family's economic group, lives in luxury but is looked down upon by his wife's family.

His kind, gentle nature and manly demeanor make Baek Hyun Woo unable to accept the situation of "a dog hiding under the cupboard".

He fell into depression, just wanting to end this prison-like marriage.

Everything suddenly changed when his wife became seriously ill and was given only 3 months to live.

The dreamy wedding in the movie Queen of Tears - Photo: tvN

Instead of filing for divorce with complicated legal issues, he decided to continue living with his wife for another 3 months.

The four episodes show that the marriage of the two main characters is pushed by the screenwriter to be sometimes a bit absurd to get laughter from the audience.

The two stars Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won work well together, turning tragedy into comedy, making the film entertaining and easy to watch.

"Baek Hyun Woo is afraid of his second wife, no one dares to be number one", the audience humorously wrote when seeing Baek Hyun Woo's attitude towards his wife and his wife's family.

The scene where Baek Hyun Woo drinks and tells his best friend about his marriage tragedy makes the audience laugh non-stop because it's so adorable.

Then the naivety of both husband and wife in looking at the matter made it seem so ridiculous. Knowing it was ridiculous, they still liked to watch it for fun.

Love each other, sometimes look at each other

At the end of episode 4, Hong Hea In lost her memory due to symptoms of illness and did not understand why she was at her husband's house.

When she met Hyun Woo again, she tried to act strong at first, but then confessed, "I can't remember why I'm here. I don't know when I got here, and I don't know how I got here. I was so scared."

Scene from the movie Queen of Tears - Photo: tvN

Hyun Woo hugged her. The feeling of protecting the person he loved made him happy.

The Queen of Tears leads viewers through the emotions that the two main characters gradually regain. It turns a marriage story that only exists in movies into gentle, simple messages about marriage.

Before marriage, Baek Hyun Woo and Hong Hea In had a romantic relationship. Baek Hyun Woo was captivated by the clumsiness of trainee Hong Hea In. From wanting to protect and shelter her, he gradually fell in love with her and wanted to take care of her for the rest of his life.

Hong Hea In was also moved by the sincerity and loveliness of her company employee.

The beauty of actress Kim Ji Won in the movie Queen of Tears

She even flew a helicopter to Baek Hyun Woo's house to visit him when he quit his job, ending the relationship when he learned her true identity.

Why a marriage born from love falls into crisis is gradually revealed by the screenwriter in the following episodes, with surprising details.

Recently, the author has let both characters often steal glances at each other. They realize the lovely and interesting points of each other that they have not discovered before because they rarely looked at each other.

Just like real-life marriages, even though we know that "love is looking in the same direction together", don't let work pressure or the burden of making a living make you forget to look at each other and care for each other.

Queen of Tears Movie Trailer

Queen of Tears is written by Park Ji Eun, famous for hit dramas such as The Producers, Legend of the Blue Sea and Crash Landing on You. The romantic comedy elements of the previous dramas are inherited by Queen of Tears .

The film marks the return to the small screen of Kim Soo Hyun, the actor who found success through the hit romance films Moon Embracing the Sun, My Love from the Star and It's Okay to Not Be Okay after three years of absence.

Actress Kim Ji Won, famous for her roles in Fight for Youth and Descendants of the Sun, also had a memorable role as Hong Hea In in Queen of Tears .

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