75. In the middle of her cut, Shin-ae leaves the salon. Eugene Choi (Lee Byung Hun) pulls the list of rebels The more Jong-chan tries to help Shin-ae, the angrier she becomes about his constant interference into her affairs. Expecting a degree of remorse and even begrudging compassion, Gondo is confronted by the unchastened, still-raging kidnapper who offers no moral comfort or certainty. May 24, 2007 9:00pm. It wasnt that the elders around me were all that even-tempered; most of them were no less capable of lashing out in anger or indignation than the average human being. She says that believing in God feels like falling in love. But her smile is never entirely convincing. This gives her temporary relief believing that God is by her side. This drives Shin-Ae into an ever downward spiral of self-destruction. Driven by unrelenting mental anguish, Shin-Ae joins an evangelical church and becomes a re-born Christian. TV-MA . At Jun's cremation, his grandmother is distraught to the point of being ostentatious to the point of vulgarity. Secret Sunshine is a film of subtle rhythms and an almost novelistic attention to experiential detail. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 94% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.68/10. Shin-ae has spent the first act of the film already grieving the death of her husband. Appalled at the pitiful amount of money she paid, Shin-ae reveals that her claim to buying land was a lie to appear rich; she really had no more money. with a discussion of the guilt or innocence of candidates for the "kill list" being resolved in secret on . The experience of watching [Chang-dong's] films is not always pleasant yet his quiet and exacting humaneness infuses even the most dreadful moments with an intimation of grace. Is it done with self-forgetting abandon or as a power play to forestall the moral judgments of onlookers? Shin-ae zieht mit ihrem Sohn Jun in die Geburtsstadt ihres krzlich verstorbenen Mannes, um einen Neuanfang zu wagen. Shin-ae denies this, but still hates her late husband for unspecified reasons. When. The movie opens with her on the road, in the process of relocating herself and her young son, Jun, to the small town of Miryang. Lee presents Christianity as the easy way out. Teaser Trailer. Written and directed by Lee Chang-dong, based on a story by Yi Chong-jun; director of photography, Cho Yong-kyu; edited by Kim Hyun; music by. But not so fast. Jeon has given Shin-ae a rebel streak, and time and again she leans into it, that part of the character that says if I must fall apart, I will do so spectacularly. Jong-chan arrives, offering to hold up a mirror for her. In the long run though it might be even more harmful. [3] For her performance in the film, Jeon Do-yeon won the Prix d'interprtation fminine (Best Actress) at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. 2010 142 minutes. For example, Shin-ea tells a woman who runs a shop that she should paint the place to make it more appealing to customers. When attempting to impress her new neighbors, she lies about her wealth and drinks and laughs in a way that is jarring and unlike the Shin-ae we have become familiar with. We acknowledge the sovereignty of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin nation and support all Aboriginal people on their paths to self-determination. None of her supposed friends are actually willing to let her grieve on her own terms and when she starts to turn away from religion they blame her for not having faith. Perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Elle McNicoll, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf. To walk away, you gotta leave something behind, or a long story short. The film also shines a spotlight on an important phenomenon that is transforming Korean society the phenomenal rise of evangelical Christianity. Because of that, she spirals back down into grief and hits an even lower point than she did earlier in the film. [2] Finally, she goes back to her house and has her last psychotic break. The comparative scenes in Secret Sunshine are, on the surface, a study in contrast. "[13] Noel Murray, writing for the A.V. No doubt the pain is authentic; certainly its more than warranted. Ms Baty's death is the second alleged murder of a homeless person on the Sunshine Coast in less than a year. But the book was written by Coralee June and as much as I hated it, it was a fucking impressive read. When Shin-Ae pays him less than the amount required, the boy is killed.Juns slain body is found by the local reservoir, and mom goes into a deep funk. He murmurs to himself, these traitors will be remembered for generations to come. Shin-ae doesn't understand how God can absolve him of his sins before she has forgiven him and felt true peace. A born-again Christian who works at the pharmacy tells her about a revival meeting and promises that the gift of God is peace of mind and healing from life's woes. If Lee were being more broad, the message of Secret Sunshine might be that nothing will ever help you cope with grief. Csar Albarrn-Torres Amanda Barbour Tara Judah Abel Muoz-Hnonin Fiona Villella. The scene is not between Shin-ae and the man. The joy she feels takes over her life, and she begins attending Bible and prayer meetings. The central thing you should take away from Secret Sunshine is that intense grief is overwhelming, destructive and changes who you are at a fundamental level. It opens with Lee Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon) lost in her car on the outskirts of Miryang, a Korean town whose name means " Secret Sunshine ." "In early June, the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.". She blames Shin-ae not only for Jun's death but also for Shin-ae's husband's death. It may be the most cringe-inducing moment in this very grim film, because it evokes a truth about human behavior movies rarely ask us to consider: that as much as we may think of crying as an involuntary reaction that bubbles up from our innermost depths, it is just as easily perceived by others as affectation, assessed as performance. In this subtly hopeless stare lies the turning point of the film. Soon, thanks to gossips, everyone in Miryang knows Shin-Ae has money to purchase some valuable land, and a man who moved here from Busan kidnaps her son and asks for ransom. But we feel her sentiment, and it doesnt even really matter what she is saying because her eyes tell us precisely the pain that she is feeling. On the way home, she passes by a vigil held for her by the pharmacist couple; it is interrupted when a rock is hurled at a window. Bea's family are happy. The films final moments show Shin-ae cutting her own hair in the backyard she once played in with her son, the place where they enacted a game of separation and loss that became all too real. By Kirk Honeycutt, AP. But her faith and belief unravels when she decides to forgive her sons murderer. She converted to Christianity entirely for selfish reasons so that she could force her son's murderer to grovel for her forgiveness. The film was widely acclaimed on the festival circuit, with particular and universal praise for Do-yeon's performance. She decides to move from Seoul with her young son, Jun (Seon Jeong-yeob) to her husband's old hometown, Miryang, which in Korean means "secret sunshine." Jeon Do-yeon gives a stellar performance as Shin-ae, and Song Kang-ho is touching as her loyal friend whose love and support of her just will not diminish no matter what happens to her. But God and the killer have a big and upsetting surprise for her: one that sends her careening into a downward spiral of self-destructive actions. Report. Word spreads like wildfire in Miryang, and a man who covets her money kidnaps her son and asks for a ransom. He has published hundreds of articles on various aspects of cinema and is the editor of A Companion to Robert Altman (Wiley-Blackwell) and American-Australian Cinema: Transnational Connections (Palgrave). Miryang (Secret Sunshine, 2007) begins with the sky. Secret Sunshine (Korean:; Hanja:; RR:Miryang) is a 2007 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong. Secret Sunshine (Criterion Collection) Do-yeon Jeon (Actor), Kang-ho Song (Actor), Lee Chang-Dong (Director) Rated: Unrated Format: DVD 177 ratings IMDb 7.5/10.0 Amazon's Choice for "secret sunshine" -28% $2148 List Price: $29.95 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns Prime Video $3.99 $12.99 Blu-ray $27.99 DVD $21.48 See More Followed around by Jong-chan, Shin-ae soon becomes a believer and claims to have found inner peace; even Jong-chan starts going to church. Adopting religion in the midst of grief simply swaps one set of intense emotions for another and both are harmful in the long run. [4][5][6] The film also won the award for Best Film at the Asian Film Awards and at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. What makes this response so noticeable is the opposition between pre- and post-trauma Shin-ae. Dec 22, 2010. 50. When Shin-Ae pays him less than the amount required, the boy is killed.Jun's slain body is found by the local reservoir, and mom goes into a deep funk. Winnfield Police Dept . The kidnapper is swiftly captured, but Shin-ae doesn't seem to be vengeful and sheds no tears at Jun's funeral. At least that's how her in-laws treat her after Jun is kidnapped, held for ransom, and killed. In one of the greatest contemporary melodramas, Lee Chang-dongsSecret Sunshine, the heroine, Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon), is not introduced as a sad sack, despite the fact that well before we even meet her shes had a right to be. By no means is this an analysis of the entire film. Her trusted female servant declares Ae Shin shouldn't see this and orders the palanquin to move forward. Police believe Ethan was dragged under the car for 20 to 30 metres outside of a family daycare centre. If you happened to be watching in the darkness of a theater, you might have felt youd been given permission to fall apart right along with them. Director Lee Chang-dong could well have cut 30 minutes out of the story, but Jeon's performance is powerful enough to keep Secret Sunshine from drowning in an ocean of tears. Now it's dominated by a simplistic love for god. But, in her performance, Jeon goes beyond these emotions, and in a tearful prayer, a gaze at the sky, or a blank stare, she gives us powerful insight into the core of Shin-ae. At home, she begins cutting her own hair. Korean director Chang-dong Lee, whose recent film Poetry made some film festival waves has a really interesting entry into the kidnapping genre. Despite warnings from her friends, Shin-ae is optimistic that this visit will give her all the more reason to believe in God. Now she is forced to learn a new kind of grief altogether. When the camera cuts to a medium close-up of her face, we see tears welling up in her eyes. The first shot went through the president's neck but did not. 34 talking about this. Shin-ae responds with a blank, lifeless stare, and the reaction is surprising, to say the least. The FBI Wall of Honor remembers Special Agent Sang T. Jun, who died on October 22, 2008 after collapsing during SWAT tryouts earlier that month. This is going to be something that comes up again in a later scene and something that repeatedly comes up with characters in the film itself. Shin-ae eventually decides that she wants to see the man who murdered Jun in order to forgive him. In some ways the journey he plots out for Shin-ae is cruel. Jong-chan claims he is only trying to be a Good Samaritan. As she tries to come to herself and set out on new foundations, another tragic event overturns her life. Before leaving, Shin-ae's brother tells Jong-chan to stop pursuing Shin-ae. As she walks away, her expression is blank: she does not need to look proud or angry because the action speaks for itself. Even though she's just a child (I'm not sure how old the actress is, but the character is probably supposed to be 15-16), Shin-ae still can't forgive her for her father's crime. I apologize ahead of time if this comes off as being overly critical of Christianity. Like the earlier scene where she sees Jun's body, the camera in this scene takes a somewhat detached but respectful position for the most part. As so often in Secret Sunshine, it is an image of both the now and then, the grounded necessity of the present and the trauma of the past, an irresolvable and bottomless image. The Christians portrayed in Secret Sunshine are just suggesting a cookie cutter process they'd suggest to almost anybody who isn't Christian. Shin-ae's brother visits from Seoul, wondering why she has returned to Miryang considering that her husband cheated on her. Shin-ae (Do-yeon Jeon) and her son Jun (Jung-yeop Seon) move to the small town of Milyang - also known as "Secret Sunshine." When Changu's plot against Wei Young is revealed she is sentenced to be killed after giving birth. that Shin-ae is a character subject to dramatic changes from lost, to heartbroken, to blissful, to angry, and back again. Secret Sunshine Koreanisches Drama von Lee Chang-dong, das in Cannes vorgestellt wurde. To make things even worse for Shin-ae, she is surrounded by people who feel the exact same way. As the film winds through its first half-hour, we observe Shin-ae making a solid effort to assimilate into the community, engaging in small talk with a shop owner or women at a hair salon, socializing with the teachers and fellow parents shes met at her sons school. Addeddate 2022-01-23 21:24:16 Identifier Third and finally just as an FYI for anybody who doesn't know, almost exactly 30% of South Koreans identify as Christian. Shin-Ae into an ever downward spiral of self-destruction. Jeon plays this scene as a marathon of histrionic flourishes: breathless heaving and hacking, back-and-forth rocking, pawing at her throat and chest, veins bulging from neck and forehead. Shin-ae happily swaps pain and suffering for love and fellowship, but these new emotions are cheap and shallow. I cant remember a time in my childhood when I saw a grown-up cry. Were told that Miryang means in Chinese secret sunshine, and that concert pianist Shin-Ae plans to open a piano school, get away from gossips in Seoul who say her hubby was an adulterer and because she wants to honor her late husband. It was in the movies where the grown-up world was allowed to reveal itself in various states of despair. "[12] A.O. Shin-ae lays on her back, looks up at the sky and says something to the effect of "Can you see this, god?" I've rambled on a lot here so I'll try and sum all this up in a relatively brief way. This has the effect of making her relationship with god seem even more shallow. TV-MA. Melodrama in particular was like an alternate universe, not just because tears flowed more freely there, but also because instead of condescending to the miserable among us, the genre seemed to use every device at its disposalharrowing plot twists, invasive close-ups, swelling musicto build a case for their misery. Under the disapproving scrutiny of the gossipy locals, she sets up a piano school and finds a puppyish admirer in a friendly mechanic (the popular actor Song Kang-ho, last seen here in "The Host . Unfortunately, it doesnt touch the heart as much as it thinks it does, and loses its way by becoming too plodding in its possible romance story and showing how religious exuberance might give joy but could be as dangerous as a drug when you come off its highs. Secret Sunshine ( Korean : ; Hanja : ; RR : Miryang) is a 2007 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong. Deeply depressed and still grieving for Jun, Shin-ae can't find the inner resources to carry on. But we. As she gazes up at the sky and speaks with God, she by extension speaks with the audience. Shin-ae has completely embraced Christianity, but now Lee really starts to show the inadequacies of religion when it comes to dealing with grief. In public, she is generally restrained and quiet, but when she lets go, she really lets go. He understands that grieving is intensely personal, not some sort of assembly line where you if you put your emotions together in the right order you can get over you husband dying and your son being murdered. This would also set up a fateful encounter. None of the Christians around her are struggling with their faith or coping with self-doubt. Established in Melbourne (Australia) in 1999, Senses of Cinema is one of the first online film journals of its kind and has set the standard for professional, high quality film-related content on the Internet. When Jin was old enough, Ogre would come for him. First she converts to Christianity despite being a fairly ardent atheist and then later she appears to fall back to atheism, or at least becomes so angry with god that she's willing to commit crimes and even kill herself just to get back at him. tries to purchase some land, Kim recommends a very wealthy and powerful land owner. An exemplary examination of coping that expands to entail questions of morality, absolution and faith, Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine is a masterwork of incisive melodrama. Her church friends throw her a birthday party, during which she states that she will visit the kidnapper, now in prison, to forgive him. 2:35. But between the screams and the physical collapse, the strength of Jeons performance lies in its quietest moments. June 26, 2013, 8:24 AM. It's heavily implied early on that Do-seop's daughter knows her father is responsible for kidnapping Jun, but she never reveals this to Shin-ae. Ae Shin can't stop looking at Eugene as the palanquin moves away. Secret Sunshine is a remarkably complex film and this is more of a partial analysis of one element of it. Relocating from the bustling metropolis of Seoul to her late husband's. hometown of Miryang makes her in some way still feel connected to the man she loved so deeply. The wide-open space of the countryside is contrasted with the more circumspect and distanced view glimpsed out of the car window. We soon learn that the motivation behind this move is the recent death of her husband, but sorrow isnt detectable on her face; even when her car breaks down on the highway, she is reassuringly in control and at ease, not yet at anyones mercy. For various reasons she's incapable of actually confronting Jun's death in any sort of official capacity and stumbles out onto the street only to see a banner for a Christian revival the pharmacist told her about earlier. Tomatometer. She seems to feel it all. relocates with her elementary school-aged youngster Jun (. ) Few performances have so bitterly captured what it looks like to be tangled up in emotion while also, to some degree, manipulating it for an audience, dialing it up for maximum impact, luxuriating in that moment when the tears finally do come. As she tries to come to herself and | dG1fMC1EWkhveFczVVk . Desperately seeking community in her college years, the writer discovered the world of experimental cinema when she stumbled on a short-film program at an art-house in Manchester, England. The turning point in Secret Sunshine comes when Jun, Shin-ae's son, is kidnapped and killed. Secret Sunshine is the fourth film made by Lee Chang-dong, inarguably one of the most significant directors to emerge in world cinema over the last 20 years. After the funeral scene, the rest of Secret Sunshine plays out as one womans descent into purgatory, an arc that places Jeon Do-yeons exposed nerve of a performance in the company of Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence, Isabelle Adjani in Possession, and so many other great roles that flirt with ideas of female hysteria.But what makes Jeons work here so satisfying is the matter-of-fact way she and Lee navigate Shin-aes whiplash moods. She reveals that she went into juvenile detention for falling in with the wrong crowd and quit school. 2:16. Although this is the first big mental shift/breakdown Shin-ae experiences, it won't be the last by a long shot. Jeon expresses this through bold, fearless gestures. Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. On the day she is discharged from the hospital, Jong-chan takes her to a salon, where the girl now works, to do her hair. Welcome toThe Great Performances, a bi-weekly column exploring the art behind some of cinemas best roles. Salvation turns Christianity into a double-edged sword that's just as capable of absolving a murderer as it is of helping a grieving mother. Robert Kennedy's assassination later led to Secret Service protection for all future major . After a meeting with her religious friends, she returns to her home and turns her back to the camera. This is even true of the films more overt critique of Christianity, its growing prevalence in contemporary South Korean society, and the comfort it supposedly offers to those who embrace it. Shortly after this, she has to go to the town hall to register Jun's death. Copyright 2006 - 2023 by CIStems, Inc., d.b.a. On the contrary though, I believe it's Lee's way of being respectful and giving Shin-ae room to grieve through his cinematography. Miryang/Secret Sunshine (2007 South Korea 142 mins), Prod Co: CJ Entertainment/Cinema Service/Pine House Film Prod: Lee Hanna Dir: Lee Chang-dong Scr: Lee Chang-dong, based on the novel by Yi Chong-jun Phot: Cho Yong-kyou Ed: Kim Hyun Prod Des: Shin Jum-hee Mus: Christian Basso, Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Song Kang-ho, Jo Yeong-jin, Kim Mi-kyung, Kim Yeong-jae, Ko Seo-hie. Details. Now she is forced to learn a new kind of grief altogether. At this point in the film, Shin-ae identifies as atheist, though she's had Christianity pushed on her by the pharmacist across the street. This great director from the golden age of Mexican cinema drew upon a wide range of styles to explore the conflict between tradition and modernity. Jeon shows us how unnerving cryingthat most private, hidden, policed, and potentially shameful of expressionscan be when taken out in public, how defiant and perverse its demands for attention really are. But, in her performance, Jeon goes beyond these emotions, and in a tearful prayer, a gaze at the sky, or a blank stare, she gives us powerful insight into the core of Shin-ae. Robert Martin Roth The FBI Wall of Honor. Become an Oxygen Insider. Its cruel how often the capacity for crying eludes us, sometimes right at the instant when we want to be persuading othersand ourselvesthat we do feel something. Featuring vo. In keeping with the rest of Lees hard-won film, these final moments never really suggest victory or catharsis, just the possibility of survival and the first stages of renewal. Civilisation, humanism and morality are a thin veneer that pave over an indifferent and brutal world. Before the death of her son, Shin-aes everyday movements are bold and almost theatrical. An exemplary examination of coping that expands to entail questions of . Hosted by NBC News' Craig Melvin, each episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered incorporates the classic elements of drama and great storytelling: good guys, bad guys, conflict with the highest stakes, suspense and resolution. She hardly says a word, but instead, her face falls slightly, and she merely looks at the killer. Before becoming Christian, her entire life after Jun's death was dominated and defined by intense grief and emotional pain. He was leaving a motorcycle dealership in south Florida on Monday when a gunman shot him . Shin-ae isnt locked off into an impenetrable state of madness; just as soon as the dust settles, she has to try and function as a member of society. His message is essentially that, according to Christianity itself, salvation and god's love is available to everybody, even if you murder a child. Flamboyant, indulgent, and just a bit socially inappropriate, this outburst is Shin-aes perfectly useless revengeand its a mark of Jeons brilliance that we can tell shes having fun with it. One night, Shin-ae returns home late after partying to discover that Jun is missing. Or an agnostic. The best way I can explain it though is that Do-seop's daughter is another way Lee shows how grief can totally consume you. Her journey does involve moments of self-pity, masochism and abandonment, as well as a brief, almost incongruous retreat into meaningless carnality, but is dominated by the physical and uncanny experience of separation and her escape into religious ritual, community and faith. Browse more videos. "[15] In 2019, director Hirokazu Kore-eda named it as the best film of the 21st century, praising Lee's "deep insight into human nature". To the film's benefit, Lee himself doesn't try to suggest some ideal way to cope with grief. But when, visits the prison to forgive the killer, he tells her he has found God and has peace now that he knows God has forgiven him. Eugene holds his dead friend hand and asks how this happened. On the verge of implosion, the band rages through a performance of their song Circle Sky in a psychedelic, politically trenchant sequence from director Bob Rafelsons debut feature. [9][10] It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, but did not win. Secret Sunshine by Lee Chang-dong, Jeon Do-yeon, Song Kang-ho, Jo Yeong-jin | DVD | Barnes & Noble In this somber Korean drama, a young mother and widow, Shin-ae, moves with her young son, Jun, from Seoul to a small town called Miryang following her Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. - John Steinbeck. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. Here, read more quotes about the month of June: "March into May to witness that fullness of life in June.". Related Articles. The Korean title Miryang (or Milyang) is named after the city that served as the film's setting and filming location, of which "Secret Sunshine" is the literal translation. Secret Sunshine. Maybe to put it in different terms, the Christians portrayed in Secret Sunshine are incapable of having their faith challenged. This drives. "[11] With 6 reviews, it scored 84 on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim. She stumbles through the streets like a teen who has had a few too many. Movie: Secret Sunshine Revised romanization: Milyang Hangul: Director: Lee Chang-Dong Assistant Director: Lee Jung-Hwa Writer: Lee Chang-Dong Producer: Lee Chang-Dong Cinematographer: Cho Yong-Kyu Release Date: May 23, 2007 Runtime: 142 min. Do-seop (her son's murderer) reveals that he too has found god and feels absolved for his crimes. He is a figure of much smaller goals and simpler appetites who helps ground Shin-aes traumatic experience. she seems to tell us, Ill show you crying. These beautifully modulated actions and compositions suggest the gradual possibility of acceptance and dealing with grief, the presence of Jong holding the mirror which contains a small inset photograph of her son intimating the fragile bonds of friendship and support that Shin-ae has resisted and railed against throughout. Secret Sunshine A master of intensely emotional human dramas, director Lee Chang-dong is a luminary of contemporary Korean cinema, and his place on the international stage was cemented by this stirring and unpredictable work examining grief and deliverance. Shin-ae eventually decides that she wants to see the man who murdered Jun in order to forgive him. Title: Secret Sunshine - Milyang (2007) Directed by: Lee Chang-dong Date of birth: 4 July 1954, Daegu, South Korea Writing credits: Lee Chang-dong, Chong-jun Yi Music: Christian Basso Year: 2007 Country: South Korea Language: Korean Color: Color Runtime: 142 min. After her car breaks down, Kim Jong-chan (Song Kang-ho) comes to her rescue. Inspired by her new faith, she decides that it is time to prove to God and to the world that she is an Olympic class believer. 72K views 11 years ago Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. She is alone; for a moment, she is even shielded from the audience. She has won many awards in her career, including the best actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of a broken woman who has lost everything in Lee Chang Dong's "Secret Sunshine". In this subtly hopeless stare lies the turning point of the film. Though to call Secret Sunshine a genre film would be a huge mistake. A Pakistani protest in June 2012, after two recent US drone strikes killed 12 people. This draws the anger of Jun's grandmother, however. Jong-chan rejects her proposal for sex and offers to drive her home, but she physically refuses. Secret Sunshine is Lee Chang-dong's fourth film and this touching tale of a young woman facing tragedy saw Lee gain even more recognition as one of the key directors to have emerged from South Korea in the last two decades. Yet, to suggest that Jeons expression is ever blank in. Just as it is again later in the film when she convinces a married man to have sex with her to get back at God. That sort of intense emotional pain stays with you for your entire life no matter what you believe. Now she has to reconcile with another massive loss in her life, that of God. Police yesterday said it appeared the three-year-old ran onto McIntyre Road in Sunshine North about 6:30pm on Thursday.