Not a dry eye in the house:
Thai mobile phone advert that has everyone reaching for their hankies
When it comes to emotional films, most people think of the likes of Titanic, Watership Down and Up – but a new mobile phone advert gives them all a run for their money in the tear-jerking stakes.It has already been viewed over three and a half million times on YouTube, with over 40,000 likes and hundreds of users commenting on how emotional it is.
The three-minute video, by phone company True Move H, begins with a small boy being chased out of a pharmacy by the owner, who’s caught him stealing.
She snatches the medicine he’s taken out of his hands and demands to know what he’s planning on doing with it. He replies that he wants to give the medicine to his mum.
At this point a man from a nearby cafe comes over and calms the situation down by paying the pharmacy owner for the stolen items. He hands the boy the medicine and tells his daughter to fetch him some food, too.
The boy runs off and the film jumps forward 30 years, with the café owner still plying his trade with his daughter’s help.
Suddenly, to the horror of his daughter, he collapses. She is distraught as he lays unconscious in hospital and horrified that she’s been hit with a £15,500 medical bill.
She talks to the doctor who’s attending to her father looking numb with shock.
Desperate – she puts her house up for sale to cover the cost.
The next scene shows her asleep with her head on her father’s bed. Upon waking, she finds a new medical bill in an envelope next to her. The amount? Nothing at all.
A note with the bill explains that ‘all expenses have been paid, with three packs of painkillers and a bag of veggie soup’.
‘Giving is the best communication’ states the ad at the end. The video has been pulling the heart-strings of users all over the world. It is a beautiful and inspiring, touching and simply wonderful story ever made.
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