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Mar 24, 2021
This movie focuses on two different characters from two different lifestyles. It takes place over a short period of time, showing how the two young adults lives became intertwined. The movie shows how they met by fate but found each other again years later out of desire and excitement. Daniel Bae, a young college bound Korean student, is one of the protagonists in thismovie. His family wants him to go to Yale and become a doctor however, Daniel wishes to pursue his love of poetry. His father and brother do not support his ambitions. Although at home he follows a typical Korean lifestyle, he only wants to live the life of a “normal” American teen. Natasha Kingsley is a Jamaican-American. She was born in Jamaica, but her family moved to New York City when she was only 8 years old. Although her family is facing deportation, she remains optimistic. On her final day in New York, she makes a final attempt to delay or stop her family’s deportation. This is when she meets Daniel. When they meet again and again throughout the day Daniel believes that it is fate. Natasha doesn’t believe in fate or destiny. With only hours to spare before her deportation, Natasha deems Daniel and his romantic ideas unnecessary. Later, about to cross the street Natasha fails to see a car coming directly at her. Whether it be luck, destiny, fate, or whatever else it may be, Daniel is there to knock her out.