Silence aired during early 2006 in Taiwan. It is quite a breakthrough – it brings together actors/actresses from diverse backgrounds: Vic Zhou (Taiwan), Park Eun-hye (South Korea), and Andy Hui (Hong Kong). Other than the different nationalities of its lead characters, Silence is also a bittersweet and tender drama series that is more substantial than the usual fluffy Taiwanese shows (e.g. Devil Beside You – which was enjoyable, but ultimately candy) but not as heartbreaking as the tragic Korean dramas (think Autumn Love Story). It finds a delicate – and wonderful – balance between both extremes.

Qi Wei Yi - Vic Zhou
Zhao Shen Shen - Park Eun-hye
Zhuo Jun - Andy Hui
Mi Xiao Guang - Lai Ya Yan
Yellow - Kingone Wang Chuan Yi

Summary:

In the vein of the great Korean dramas, Silence starts off with the lead characters as children. Qi Wei Yi and Zhao Shen Shen meet by chance during a stay in the same hospital. Wei Yi had been beaten up by jealous peers after he won a swimming competition, and hobbles around in a white cast, while Shen Shen had been involved in a car accident. Both are lonely children – the proud and angry Wei Yi shuns most of his classmates, while Shen Shen stops speaking after the trauma she has been through.
During the one week that they are in hospital together, they exchange notes, go to the amusement park, meet in their secret hideaway (an abandoned bomb shelter), and hold hands while listening to music. They agree to meet at the bomb shelter again on the Christmas of 2006 (more than ten years in the future). Wei Yi also gives Shen Shen his number, and asks her to call him. Unfortunately, she later loses the number, and she never calls him.
Fast forward to 2006, when they are now adults. Wei Yi, the new director of his father's company, is cold, distant, and aloof. Shen Shen still doesn't speak. They meet again by chance, but are unaware of each other's identities. While there is mutual dislike and distrust at first, a friendship gradually forms between them, and they fall in love all over again.

I just can't wait to watch this story cuz I'm a big fan of Vic Zhou and I think he doing well in his previous drama and he getting better and better.....well...gtg....sign off....

mizsmie wrote @ 12:17 PM |