2008 is a leap year. And on 29 Feb 2008, a local production was released, known as "The Leap Years". It is a love story based on a novella called "Leap of Love" by local author Catherine Lim.
What is so touching about the story is that it is based on a simple promise, a promise to meet every four years on 29 Feb.
On the first 29 Feb, the couple met. But then, they had to part, and they made a promise to meet every 29 Feb.
On the second 29 Feb, after four years of waiting and silence, they met again. It was a confirmation of their feelings for each other. But they parted on bad terms, when she knew that he was married with a 3-year old daughter.
On the third 29 Feb, they met again, but this time, she broke his heart, by lying to him that she has married and has a 2-year old daughter.
On the fourth 29 Feb, she was really going to get married, they finally realised how deeply they felt for each other, and thus chose to end the "meet-once-every-four-years" tradition by getting married.
Before the seventh 29 Feb, he has gone into a coma, and may never wake up... on the seventh 29 Feb, she got a call from the hospital, rushed down... and he opened his eyes, coming out of his coma and keeping his promise to meet her every 29 Feb.
While the production may not have been the greatest, and the actors may not have been the best, I guess the story was really great. At least for me. I love romantic stories much like those in The Return of the Condor Heroes, which is why this story of meeting every four years (similar to Yang Guo waiting 16 years for his wife) draws me into the story.
By the way, this movie led me to discover the origins of the phrase "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all". It comes from Alfred Tennyson's poem, In Memoriam, 1850, line 27, stanza 4.
Than never to have loved at all.
Catch the movie, or read the novella, and enjoy the story.
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