Un Raggio di Sole al Giorno (2023)

Before the sunshine there will be darkness, after the sunshines there will be darkness...

Mental illness, the stigma people with it face, challenges of treating mental illness and so on are all very important issues. The creators of this drama seem to want to do it all tackle how it is to treat an illness, the perspective of family, friends, the patient and society all in one while still offering the viewers a dose of sunshine between all these very painful issues . Offering the viewers a whole palette of mental issues. To be honest I think they got pretty close but there is something that keeps me from giving this a full score.

I feel like I a m a bit undecided about the way they try to visualise the perspective of the patient experiencing an episode of mania, depression, anxiety and so on. And there are a few scenes that just feel forced and a bit to over the top healy for my liking. But they do manage to squeeze in a whole lot of great lines and important cases that need to be shouted out loud a lot more.

I could also relate to several parts of the story and perspectives, however as they took these to the extreme the relatability kind of subsided a bit (again lowering the score) .

Our female lead is amazing, Park Bo Young does a great job showing the whole spectrum of her character as well as how different she can be depending on the situation or who she is with. Playful with her bestie, child like with her mom, stand offish with the guy who acts weird on the bus and extremely patient with har patients while still showing us that nurses are human too. Probably one of the characters I could relate to the most from all the dramas I have watched so far.

Our male lead is so sweet and fun whenever the female lead was mentioned or on screen it felt feels like watching a child about to open presents on their birthday. Yet the guy still managed to seem competent and interesting.
So I would say Yeon Woo Jin nailed this role.

Jang Dong Yoon A.K. A the best friend is also adorable, interesting and a blast to watch, a great character versatile, helps forward the plot as well as made me feel bad for hi so many times it got ridiculous.

This is not a romance but it does have som romance and the second couple outshines the first couple with their screen time together as well as their story some of the best scenes in this drama where given to them and the way D.R Hwang adresses the mother in law issue was the cherry on top of this salty caramel sunday of a show.

The rest of the nurses, doctors, and patients where very well casted, some of the patients guardians or what they are called had me boiling but the acting was good.

All in all a drama I do recommend, just be were of the triggering elements

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A slice of life drama amidst fantasy, crime and historical dramaland nowadays. I like that they release it in one day, all 12 episodes. I was a 2 days late watching from the release date but it's fine. It's a good drama, especially dealing with mental health. I really like the realization of the female lead. The doctors in the drama, which are also humans is portrayed in a humane way, which I like. The nurses are also given exposure and also the caregivers. Good representation of the medical field is portrayed so I like it. The cases portrayed is also simple that someone who is not in the medical expertise could understand. A good watch.

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something you need to watch

I am so glad I started watching this TV series.

I loved acting of all characters, in interesting way, rather then focusimg on mainly doctors helping patients, it was more focused on nurses and their work with patients. New approach for me and I really liked it.

I think many of stories were relatable and I have to admit that writers of this TV show are briliant. The plot was not what I was expecting, I really loved it.👍

The top moment (among many) was the speach of head nurse in ep.11, it was so powerful scene about stigma on patients with mental illnesses, I think everyone should hear it and rewatch it for sure.
For people who like more deep and mature TV shows, this is something you need to watch.
I also loved how some of disorders were portrayed- it was also very easy to relate with amazing visual effects.

I am happy korean dramas are getting more popularoty, so much deserved.

I dont want to reveal much of plot, but you will definitely cry, laugh, feel light watching this drama.

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Dose of Sunshine ...

This series doesn't put a foot wrong in exploring and explaining mental health conditions in the context of demanding and stressful environments of Korean society, including addressing such issues as stigmatisation and lack of medical confidentiality and the need for better worker rights. It shows how to address these issues in a realistic & beautifully directed drama. In a strong cast, the stand out figure is Lee Jung Eun, who is exceptional in her role as Lead Nurse. Park Bo Young also explains mental illness in the first person without resorting to over dramatisation and Yeo Woobin is exactly the feel good addition we all need. I hope it will encourage more people to seek help and also encourage more healthywork practices. Fantastic work

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No one of us is immune against mental diseases

Just finished it and trying to give it a proper rating now:
_Story&Plot: 2/3
it's a calm slice of life drama, with many stories about different mental diseases and the obstacles the patients and their families encounter and the daily challenges that face the medical team (specially nurses since the FL is one of them) in the mental section, it starts weak but it grows on you, you get connected to the FL's life and start picking your favorite characters. It has romance, light love triangle and second couple but romance still not the main focus. I cried several times and felt so depressed at times. The title gives the wrong idea about the drama, I thought I'll be smiling and feel the "sunshine" with each episode but it got much dark than I expected.
A random change of course for one of the characters at the end felt so out of place and so "Netflix's touch" to send their usual message: "no to racism" (so we bring a bunch of people from different races with a random black person and let them dance), then you go overseas to chase a dream.
_Acting&Cast&chemistry: 1.5/2
PBY is perfect for her role, she is the "daily dose of sunshine", she delivered the change of her character correctly
We didn't really have a ML as important as the FL, instead we had 2MLs who are a support characters to the FL, UWJ's character suffered from the short screentime, I guess they were afraid to increase the romance focus, JDY was a great friend but that's it. Nothing special about the chemistry but it wasn't bad
All the support characters were great, 2 actresses I felt like they could profit from them more than they did, Lee Jung Eun as the Head Nurse, they kept mentioning at the beginning how much she is a scarry person but we only saw a kind mother to the rest of nurses, wished if we saw both sides more to give her more presence in the first half of the show, I felt like she was a guest role.
FL's mother played by Hwang Young Hee, seeing her in WYWS as suzy's mother can tell how much she can give to her role. We barely saw her in most of the drama.
_Directing&Camerawork 2/2:
The illustration for each disease was beautiful and odd at the same time, I liked it, same goes for the intro it was illustrating the title and the combination of sunshine and mental disease, at first I thought I heard wrong or some voice technic problem.
_OST 0/1: Netflix originals lacks when it comes to ost, Kdrama is known for giving the best ost that deliver the emotion of the scene, but this drama had NOTHING. Play a random song with the credit at the end means nothing for me.
_Style&view&colors 0.5/1:
The color of the nurse's uniform is perfect, nothing special about the character's style in clothes, but the colors at the hospital were beautiful
My problem was with the FL's house the colors were depressing and you could barely see with the lightings, what it was so depressing for no reason.
_Ending 0.5/1:
It was good when it comes to the FL but not much as I mentioned in the plot part, when it comes to another character.

Total is 6.5 but I'll add my bonus point because the drama touched me deep and cried many times, it had some medical accuracy and realistic touch instead of magical recovery of diseases, and with a great message that No one of us is immune against mental diseases

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An absolute must watch for everyone, everywhere.

정신병동에도 아침이와요.

Wow. One word, no, actually two, no actually four: pure, but raw healing.

That's how I summarise this drama. The directors and writers knew exactly how delicate the subject they were dealing with was, and I am in absolute awe of the gentleness with which they broached the oh so vast, but oh so fragile concept - mental illness.

This drama is a journey, and the concept of transitioning a third-person experience to the first-person, using the most common of the illness' forms (depression), was an absolute master stroke. We're watching as an outsider one moment, and suddenly, we're facing our own demons.

I'm not going to go in too much depth around the plot line; as you can tell it's the content that's the winner here - but can I just say that this was again one of the gems that was perfectly paced (a rare item these days in k-drama world).

The drama questions all the aspects of this topic that not everyone wants to talk about, the bad, the ugly, and the worst: the stigma around mental illness and how it's bloody real.

It makes us question our own well-being and makes watching the drama therapeutic in its own way. We were hit hard by the moments that are intense, and we soften during the moments that are vulnerable. I haven't watched a lot of dramas dealing with the topic, but this is one of the (I imagine) select few that actually explores the impact of mental illness on all around it: the patients, the givers, the families and the fact that we may tip into any of these categories at any given point of time without warning.

All in all, every element of this drama was perfectly measured: the despair, the relief, the anguish, the love, the hate, the acknowledgement, and the acceptance. The end of the series doesn't leave you with any over-measured emotions because it acknowledges that were all standing on some sort of border in life and, in consequence, the ending leaves us with a sense of calm.

The only missing piece for me was an OST, so the avid watcher for me is giving this one a 9.5. Otherwise, if OSTs weren't a thing, this series was nothing short of a 10.

An absolute must watch for everyone, everywhere.

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Simplesmente um dos melhores dramas do ano! Já assisti alguns dramas coreanos abordando temas de saúde mental, mas nenhum de forma tão sensível e respeitosa como este. Além, de uma abordagem didática sobre os transtornos mentais nos diálogos das personagens, gostei do aspecto "ilustrativo" das vivências dos pacientes.

Outro aspecto que me deixou bastante satisfeita foi a forma como eles abordaram as relações de trabalho. Uma certa "rixa" entre os médicos e os outros profissionais, as experiências da enfermeira novata numa enfermaria psiquiátrica, e os desafios enfrentados foram todos muito verossímeis. O que me leva a crer que o criador do webtoon no qual o drama é baseado deve ter alguma experiência na área, pois conseguiu abordar muitos temas delicados de forma sensível e realista. Parabéns também a dupla de roteiristas que fez a adaptação do webtoon, ao diretor e ao elenco que fizeram um trabalho incrível.

Fico bastante feliz que a Coreia esteja abordando questões de saúde mental, pois como fica evidente no drama, pessoas com transtornos mentais na Coreia ainda sofrem muito preconceito social, muito mais que no Brasil. Então é importante que existam dramas como este que desmitifiquem um pouco os transtornos mentais e mostre que há tratamentos possíveis e que é necessário pedir ajuda.

Além dessa abordagem mais respeitosa sobre os transtornos mentais e sobre trabalhadores de saúde mental, o drama também tem romance. Mas, sinceramente, para mim foi totalmente irrelevante. Estava muito mais investida na vida cotidiana do hospital do que no romance dos casais. Mas para quem estiver se perguntando sobre romance. Sim, tem.

Drama maravilhoso e que merece ser apreciado! Qualquer elogio a mais é pouco, apenas assista.

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A very misleading name

I thought it would be a rom-com by the name which j am not a fan of so avoided it for a while until j got told kt was a medical drama.
The romance of the side couple was so awkward to watch with the guy getting rejected several times because of issues stem from money as she was a nurse and he was a doctor. I always wanted da eun to end up with her best friend something j usually hope doesn't happen so was a nice change
The actual drama was understandable and easy for me to follow with no medical knowledge giving me awareness of the many disorders out there and how it can affect individuals of different backgrounds.
The patient that died made me cry as I completely adored him as he was so sweet with da eun it broke my heart when he thought dying was the better option

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Uma Dose Diária de Lágrimas

Com certeza uns dos melhores dramas que assisti esse ano e uns do dos melhores com o tema de saúde mental.
Eles tiveram muito cuidado em retratar as doenças de forma humanizada e realista, revelando aos poucos o que cada personagem está passando e como todos nós estamos na linha tênue entre o normal e o anormal como a Da Eun mesmo disse. Só tenho uma crítica em relação ao como nos dois romances principais os homens são pouco insistentes chegando a ser inconveniente....porém eu curti como foi desenvolvido as relações deles.
Quero elogiar também a Park Bo Young que é uma atriz excepcional e entregou todas as pequenas felicidades e angústias da personagem de forma magistral, é impossível não se emocionar com a atuação dela. E também todos os outros atores que foram incríveis. ♥

“Todos nós atravessamos a noite e o dia na jornada de uma vida inteira.” – Jung Da Eun

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