To be honest, I was afraid to start this drama because without even reading the synopsis or watching any trailer, the few (very good) feedbacks I had from the drama were that it was upsetting and people cried during its viewing. MOVE TO HEAVEN seemed to be that kind of poignant melodrama that makes you cry all the tears of your body (heart) during all its episodes... and I was afraid that I wasn’t strong enough emotionally.
Finally, I got into it one night on a whim, and I have to say... MOVE TO HEAVEN is much more than that. MOVE TO HEAVEN is a therapy series that talks about sad, sometimes taboo topics and does so with unparalleled kindness. Yes it’s sad, we talk about hard topics like death and mourning but we do it well and we do it with a lot of love, warmth and positivity. A touching message, endearing characters and an enthralling scenario... let’s talk about one of my best Korean productions to date...

MOVE TO HEAVEN is about a young man with Asperger’s syndrome who was raised by his father and now works with him in a company called “Move to Heaven” that deals with the affairs of the deceased. The special feature of Move to Heaven is that the father and son treat this «last move» with respect, humanity and kindness, sorting and tidying up their affairs with great care.
While everything goes for the best for our adorable duo, the father has a heart attack and dies in the street. It is then his little brother, just out of prison who takes the guardianship of our hero. Except that between the two, things seem complicated from the start...

We will follow the evolution of their relationship over the episodes and I can tell you that this duo will touch you to a point that you can not imagine. While their first days together are quite catastrophic and they find themselves unable to communicate because neither wants to listen to the other, the continuation of their adventure as two turns out beautiful. Each in their own way will help the other to heal and move forward. Their complicity shows crescendo to finally crack the screen (and our hearts) and I watched each of their common appearance with the greatest greed.

And then, what is exciting in this drama is that we will get to know each of the people whose business we will put away with Move To Heaven. Each object tells little by little, piece by piece, the stories of these ordinary people with extraordinary messages. Because yes, it is through the flaws that we will address many issues of society such as: domestic violence (the suffering of these women who call for help but no one listens until it is too late), family and old age (with an old lady abandoned by her only son), homosexuality (and the difficulty of being able to love freely in a society still too closed in mind) or suicide (very interesting here because it is approached in a roundabout way the right to euthanasia for medical reasons).

What touched me deeply was the way in which we approach death. Because yes MOVE TO HEAVEN has a very beautiful way of seeing the mourning, talking about the absence of those who leave but also the pain of those who stay. And everything is done with a lot of delicacy and, strangely, positivity. We could have clearly fallen into the melodrama but the drama knows how to cure the pains it makes us go through, and that is really very beautiful. :')