I watched the movie "The Mistress" a day after its premiered night here in Cebu. Well, I've always been a fan of the pair. And this movie was interesting basically because, previously this third wheel scenario has been a taboo. But now, this is starting to be a cliché. I don't know what's the current social issues and mentality that had made this kind of act/behavior common. Yet, I know this is really happening. It sucks but it’s a reality. And those lines they said in the movie were not just from a fairytale movie with a happy ending. But from logical reasoning that doesn't deviate from the real world scenario.
As portrayed in the movie, Sari Alfonso who was bounded by gratitude for 5 long years had offered a day of her life for to Frederico Torres, Snr. Well, that's every Thursdays. Yes, this picture is common nowadays. Just because of a piece of gratitude, everyone gets to be chained to something because we tend to be impelled to return the favor. And the sad thing is because of this strong sense of gratitude, the sense of morality of wrong and right gets trampled down unknowingly. And in addition, this also gives a wrong sense of security. She thought she was contented on this set up by just being Frederico's other woman. But then, someone came to stir things up. Someone younger and was a great pursuer. His name was Juancho Diego Torres a.k.a JD. JD did all those cheesy flick-type moves to win her over. Going into her house, hanging out with her family/friends, having lunch with her in her office (though she insisted not to) and making her feel special were a number of things JD did. From Sari's point of view, he was a good catch. And because they are getting close to each other, she started sharing a piece of her life to him. This reached to a point of even telling him her greatest secret which is being a mistress of Rico (Frederico's nickname). This revelation did not stop JD but instead promised to spend all the days with Sari except on Thursdays. Sari did not know that JD also harbors a secret.
The story progressed to an interesting lovey-dovey act of the two while Sari trying to balance it out with Frederico. And I am quite impressed on how the director made all those scenes looked not so overly mushy and cheesy. Just quite enough to make a point that JD and Sari has indeed the chemistry for the audience like me to get hooked up. There was point in the movie when Sari started to fall for JD. This made her confused and afraid. But still it came to a point that she confessed this to Frederico who in turn felt the competition. But her benefactor wished to her not to be shared with some other guys. She broke the news to JD who did not take it lightly. I'll leave the entire to-and-fro lines so that you, dear readers, will be curious about the whole conservation (well, it was more like an anger-crying conversation between JD and Sari). But the gist of the whole thing is that, he told her that she deserves better. This made changed her mind and did not end the relationship but rather kept it away from Frederico's radar. Well, no one deserves to be just a third wheel in a relationship. And yes, each one of us deserves better. Each of us (girl/gay/boy/bi/trans/or whatever creature) should think that we are not just options someone had to take when they have a free time. In reality, the loser in this scenario is always the one who was not supposed to be part of the relationship. And no matter how you look at it, no one will ever see you as a victim but rather someone who just want to mess things up. You know why? Consider this as common sense. They're in a relationship and of all people no matter how lust oozed out from the other one, you'll not going to acknowledge it and be involve with that person simply because it's not right. Sadly, when it comes to this kind of issues, right and wrong is out of question. In the movie, Sari knew it was wrong. But she still got herself caught up in this sinful web of lust by gratitude. I guess, if a person is in that relationship, there's no way that relationship lasts. Honesty and Loyalty are one of the main recipes of a good relationship. And for those people who can't keep this, it pretty impossible on having a relationship to start with. In the movie, the things went bad when Frederico invited her to dinner to some restaurants (expensive-type) only to find out that the wife, Regina Torres, was also there. Shocked and mad about what she saw, the wife made her way to the table and insulted Sari. Frederico tried to stop her but he was not able to contain her anger. Sari, on the other hand, was so embarrassed that she kept her head down. It came to worst when Regina's son came. She called him out to the table and showed him what she found out. And the son was JD. This was his secret. He was Rico's son (well, technically his biological father was Juancho Diego, an artist, to whom his mother Regina had an affair with). It was revealed beforehand that JD already had an eye on Sari before he knew she was his father's mistress (before Sari told him). And pursued her to know if she was some gold digger but she was not. And found himself falling even more in love with her.
So, back to the scene, JD approached and started calming his mother. Sari heard his voice and looked up. With disbelief of what she saw, she cried. Then the scene shifted in the tailoring shop where Sari was depressed and mad. JD came and tried to ask for forgiveness but did not turned out good. Again, I leave the details of the whole conversation a secret for the readers to know. Anyways, the next few clips where about JD trying to get back what he and Sari had. Well, he successfully did. And that's in Tuguegarao when Sari delivered barong to the client. Because of the turn of events, Sari had the courage to tell this to Frederico which did not turn well. This leads to a confrontation between Son and Father and Rico's demise. The last few clips showed how Rico tried to ask for forgiveness about the things he did. But the ending was really interesting. It's not the usual ending that everyone expected. I give a high mark for this idea since the ending lived up to the whole point of the story. It was about one single quote that was said many times in whole movie. It may have left me with a "HUh?" but it was with a smile. In reality, it should happen.
It was indeed a pretty interesting movie. And definitely suggest this to everyone to watch. And about the title of the movie, it is referring to something else. Interesting fact, I say.
Below are my quotes inspired by the movie:
Be someone a person had to choose not just a simple option he takes.No wrong can make things right. But nothing can go right when things are at the wrong time.If life is game, you are not intended to lose.Life may not be fair, but definitely in your life story, you shouldn't be just an underdog.
~ grinalk2012
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