三十七：Funny Asian Amnesia Movies

In the continuation of my funny movies marathon, I watched a Korean film that is about faking amnesia. The title of he movie is Sweet Lies. It's about a girl who fell in love with a guy from her high school years but she never expressed her feelings to him until they accidentally met after 10 years. By accidental I mean it literally.

Sweet Lies

Having fired from work due to her TV show's low rating, Ji-Ho's jinx did not stop there and on her way home,  her bag with no money left in it but IDs got snatched. Trying to run after the thief, she was accidentally hit by a car and passed out. She woke up at the hospital with two children asking for her name because the hospital cannot find any IDs to identify her. Ji-Ho did not answer right away until the guy who hit her came to check her. She soon found out that the guy was actually her high school crush Minwoo. When Minwoo asked her name, the children told him that she does not remember her name and Ji-Ho pretended to have amnesia so that she can try and get close to him. The doctor, Minwoo's uncle, believed that Ji-Ho might have a slight amnesia asked Minwoo to take her with him for the mean time since she cannot remember who she is and where she lives.

Ji-Ho is overwhelmed that she is at her long time crush's house.

Ji-Ho continued to pretend she has amnesia until she was seen by her childhood friend Dong-Sik at the supermarket. The story progresses into a love triangle. While Ji-Ho tries to get Minwoo's attention, Dong-Sik  tries to convince Ji-Ho that they had a relationship before she got into the accident. 

It's funny how Ji-Ho tries her best to lie and not get caught with her lies and same goes with her brother and her friend Dong-Sik trying to bring her memories back and winning her love.

The movie reminded me of the Filipino movie, My Amnesia Girl. Same with sweet lies, My Amnesia Girl has its lead actress pretending she has amnesia but not to win her man and instead, to shoo him away.

My Amnesia Girl

Having been left alone at the church isle on their wedding day by her groom, Apollo who had cold feet and ran away, Irene was able to move on and continued with her passion which is photography. After a few years, Apollo met Irene again by chance at her photography studio. Never wanting to see him again, Irene pretended she has amnesia and does not recognize Apollo at all. Apollo sees it as an opportunity to get close to Irene again believing that she is his true love.

As the two tries to get to know each other again, Irene cannot help but to eventually forgive Apollo seeing how he strives really hard from her challenges to win her back. Unfortunately for them, the challenges does not stop there.

The story is quite simple but got famous because of the chemistry between the two lead actors and the use of funny pick up lines.