The effort of the movie to present something unusual, such as the love story of our common salespersons, that is actually usual, since they are humans who are expected to feel love, should be given merit. I like the way the story was grounded on reality; on how it presented love as something that we can see in daily life versus the kind of romantic flicks that we are used to watch – those romantic movies that seem like a version of Cinderella and the like. At least for Endo, it does not feel like the story was too impossible to happen. We see love governed not by quarrelling families, love not obstructed by third parties, but love conquered by unavoidable circumstances – in this case, the lack of employment and the need to get by poverty.
The character portrayed by Jason Abalos always gets the chance to be happy, but never attains it fully since his love life is not his chief priority; but on how to be able to send his brother to school, how to be able to sustain his father’s medication, while striving hard to bring food to the table. His father could have been happy as well; if not for their mother who sought “greener pastures” in a different home. His brother should not have been a rascal if the family was secure with the guidance of his parents and, of course, a more stable financial status. Everything should have been well for them. But, life is not like that. As the movie presents, life has a way of trapping us into a whirlwind of circumstance. We try to live our lives hoping that tomorrow will be better. We try to be optimistic hoping that our pain and agony will be something temporary. But whatever happens, we build a coping mechanism to continue fighting for our happiness.
The characters’ working contracts end after several months, but never their hardships. It compounds as every contract ends, for we know getting hired nowadays is never easy. And everyday we have to think of the same problems: food, job, money, and the like.
If there is one thing I wanted to have an end of contract that would be this life’s hardship. But then again, how would one appreciate better days if one hasn’t been through bad ones? I guess this is the necessary evil of human life.
