After interfering with fate, he is given one last mission before he can go back to Heaven: to help the girl he saved from a car accident to fall in love, within 90 days.
Easier said than done because the girl is no other than Lee Yeon Seo, a famous ballerina who became blind three years prior due to an accident while she was performing 'The Swan Lake'. She's also known for her bad temper and being intransigent and demanding with all her employees, with only her assistant Jung Yoo-Mi actually caring for her.
Yeon Seo just received a cornea transplant and is more than ready to go back to Fantasia, the corps du ballet she created, which is now administrate by her aunt and cousin, who are not thrilled about her comeback.
My Opinion👍👎
I think all women in the world took at least one
ballet class when they were younger...or at least I did, from age 5 to
10…I’ve always loved how flawless and harmonious dancers looked as soon as
stage’s curtains opened and how combined to the amazing classic melodies, they
portrayed feelings and stories without saying a word.
This was basically why I decided to start this
K-Drama and it was really, really good!
Shin Hye-Sun (who plays Lee Yeon Seo) is an amazing actress and is so believable as the cold-hearted ballerina. Plus she had a similar role in the 2015's drama 'Oh, my Ghost!'.
If you watch the Award-winning movie "Black Swan" and/or the documentary "Bolshoi Babylon" you'd know that ballet world is NOT glitter and tutù, but sweat, hard work and often jealousy and revenge, which are all displayed in their whole dramatic aspects here: villains (Yeon Seo’s aunt and cousin) are scary as hell and
ready to do anything (literally!!) in order to achieve their goals and also artistic director Kang Woo isn't who you think he is.
I'm starting to see a pattern here because Lee Dong-Gun (the actor who portrays him) had a similar role in "Where Stars Land", where he's a man tormented by his past.
I found it interesting the questions that the main characters ask themselves because they are, given the topic, relatable and common: "if there's a deity why does He allow bad things to happen to good people?" "Why bad people always get away with their actions?" and so on.
I loved everyone's dresses and outfits, on and off-stage, with the angels wearing all-white suits in the starting episodes.
I enjoyed "Angel's Last Mission: Love" because is both entertaining with its light and humorous scenes as well as dramatic to the right point. Last but not least, the finale at first may seem a bit bittersweet but it completes perfectly all the stories and, from my point of view, gives a sense of closure which I particularly liked.
I'm starting to see a pattern here because Lee Dong-Gun (the actor who portrays him) had a similar role in "Where Stars Land", where he's a man tormented by his past.
I found it interesting the questions that the main characters ask themselves because they are, given the topic, relatable and common: "if there's a deity why does He allow bad things to happen to good people?" "Why bad people always get away with their actions?" and so on.
I loved everyone's dresses and outfits, on and off-stage, with the angels wearing all-white suits in the starting episodes.
If I had to summarize this drama with two words:
PLOT TWISTS.
Movies (and 1 Book) about Angels
Goofy Guardian Angel by Arto Paasilinna
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Always (1989)
Micheal (1996)
City of Angels (1998)
Gabriel & Me (2001)
Movies & Books about Ballet
Bunheads by Sophie Flack
A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
On Pointe by Lorie Ann Grover
The Ballet Book by Darcey Bussell
Flashdance (1983)
Billy Elliot (2000)
A Time for Dancing (2000)
Save the Last Dance (2001)
The Company (2003)
Black Swan (2010)
Ballerina (animated film - 2016)
Ranking: 5/5
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