200 Pounds Beauty

200 Pounds Beauty

Year: 2023

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: Indonesian

ComedyMusicRomance

After experiencing repeated disappointments, Juwita finds herself at a low point, struggling with her weight and feeling hopeless. A chance encounter offers her an unexpected opportunity: to undergo a dramatic transformation and become Angel, a stunning and exceptionally talented singer. This incredible change provides a new path, but also presents unforeseen challenges and complexities as she navigates her new identity and the opportunities it brings.

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1

Hanna's humiliation and suicide attempt

Hanna overhears Sang-jun telling Ammy to be nice to her in order to keep using her voice, which deepens her humiliation. In despair, she attempts to take her own life. Her phone-sex client Kong-hak Lee interrupts the moment and persuades her to undergo extensive plastic surgery.

2

Transformation and Jenny

After a year of seclusion while recovering from surgery, Hanna becomes incredibly beautiful and slender, so much that her best friend Jung-min hardly recognizes her. With Jung-min's help, she reinvents herself as Jenny, a Korean-American from California, ready to start anew.

3

Audition and new contract

She re-auditions to be Ammy's secret vocalist and, through determination, earns her own recording contract. This marks the beginning of her ascent in the music industry under a new identity.

4

Ammy's search and sabotage

Ammy fears her own inability to sing will be exposed if the second album is delayed, so she begins searching for Hanna. She spends time with Hanna's father, who has Alzheimer's, in attempts to find Hanna, but Sang-jun orders her to give up, threatening to terminate her contract if she does not stop.

5

Discovery that Jenny is Hanna

After numerous encounters with Jenny, Hanna and Jenny realize that Jenny is in fact Hanna. The deception starts to unravel as their history and performances reveal the truth.

6

Maria becomes a hit

Jenny's debut single 'Maria' becomes a hit, propelling Hanna into fame under her new identity. At the release party, Ammy brings Hanna's father in an attempt to blow Hanna's cover, prompting tension. Hanna ignores her father, infuriating Jung-min with her indifference.

7

Confrontation over deception

After the party, Sang-jun tells Hanna that he knows who she is and cannot forgive her for lying. Hanna confesses her love for him and reveals she underwent plastic surgery to win his love, admitting the depth of her deception. She then decides he is not worth winning at such a cost.

8

Label pressure and commitment to the concert

Ammy threatens to reveal Hanna's deception unless Sang-jun cancels the upcoming concert, and Choi initially agrees to this plan. Sang-jun refuses to abandon Hanna, standing up to both Ammy and Choi and urging Hanna to perform the concert for herself rather than anyone else.

9

Pre-concert reconciliation with Jung-min

Before the performance, Hanna apologizes to Jung-min for how she treated her earlier and for her behavior toward her father. Jung-min rebukes Hanna for the way she handled her father, highlighting the cost of her choices.

10

The concert and confession

Hanna takes the stage and publicly confesses that she was the ghost singer all along, and that she had been overweight and underwent plastic surgery to pursue fame. Sang-jun plays a tape of the original, obese Hanna singing, reminding the audience of the real person behind the transformation. The crowd is moved by her honesty and courage.

11

Resolution with family and friends

Hanna reconciles with her father and Jung-min, shedding the alias Jenny and embracing her own name. She also gains acceptance from the crowd and her peers as she embraces her true self and career.

12

Love realized and new beginnings

Sang-jun realizes he has always been in love with Hanna and continues to promote her, hoping to pursue a relationship. Hanna and Sang-jun begin a new chapter with a genuine connection, free from deception.

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