Korean Movie Night: A Barefoot Dream

When:Tuesday January 11 , 2011
Time:7:00pm
Where:Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
Manhattan, NY
Cost:Free

The Korean Culture Society continues its Free Korean Movie Night with a Free Screening of A Barefoot Dream.

Synopsis of A Barefoot Dream:

Korea’s entry for the Oscars (where it hopes to win Best Foreign Language Film this movie tells the true story of Kim Won-Kang, a former player for Korea’s national soccer team who hit the skids after he got too old for the game. Traveling Southeast Asia, he lurches from one get-rich-quick scheme to another finally landing in war-torn East Timor. He scrapes by renting cleats to kids playing soccer in a local park but slowly he gets sucked into their lives and winds up becoming their coach. Director Kim Tae-Kyun (VOLCANO HIGH) knows action, and he shoots his soccer games fast and hard, while keeping the melodrama quotient low so that the film never becomes sentimental. A scrappy burst of soccer adrenaline, A BAREFOOT DREAM is one of 2010’s most sure-fire crowd pleasers.

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