"SC-S28/W1-Movie Highlights|First-Time Feels (As you stood by)

I am happy to participate in the 1st week of Steemit Challenge season.thank you for giving this opportunity to us. @ruthjoe

The movie As You Stood By tells a heavy and sometimes uncomfortable story about two young women who never really got a fair chance in life. Eun-su grows up carrying a weight that she can’t put down, no matter how much she pretend she is fine. She looks calm on the outside but inside she’s breaking little by little. Hui-su on the other hand is someone who always act tough, but her own trauma keep controlling her choices. When the two of them cross paths, it almost feel like the world push them toward each other because both of them need someone who understand their pain, even if they don’t say it out loud.

As they spend more time together, you start seeing how similar their struggles are. They both been hurt by people who should’ve cared for them, and they both been living in fear for too long. The movie don’t rush anything; it takes its time showing their daily life, the small moments that look normal but actually hide a lot of sadness behind it. Sometimes it feels slow on purpose, like it wants you to really sit with their emotions instead of just watching from far.

When the situation get worse, the pressure around them become too much. They end up making a decision that is not easy, not clean, and definitely not something they ever imagined doing. But when life corner you, sometimes you choose the only thing you think will give you a way out. After that choice, the story turn more intense. Everything start falling apart, and they realize that even if they wanted to fix things, it’s already too late. You can feel their panic, their guilt, and also the strange comfort they find in each other, even when the world is crashing over their heads.

What hits the most is how real the characters feel. They don’t act perfect or smart all the time. They make mistakes, they get scared, they lie to themselves, just like normal people do when they feel lost. The acting in the movie is strong enough that sometimes you forget you’re watching actors. Some scenes are quiet but still hit very deep, especially the ones where they don’t talk much but you can see everything in their eyes.

The movie isn’t trying to entertain you in a simple way. It’s trying to show how trauma shape people and how sometimes you meet someone who understand your pain more than anybody else. It’s dark, emotional, and a bit messy, but that’s exactly why it stays with you. After watching it, you keep thinking about the two women and wondering if they ever find real peace, even if the movie don’t really give that answer close.

I'm inviting
@etoro, @axgustine and @promisezella to join the contest