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A Barefoot Dream (2010)

Directed by Kim Tae-gyun

Overview

After a series of pipe dream ventures go belly up, retired pro soccer player Kim Won-kang happens to visit East Timor, where he finds children playing the game barefoot on rocky pitches. Sensing a new business opportunity on finding the country doesn’t have a single sporting goods store, he embarks on a scheme to get rich quick by purveying athletic shoes to the unshod youngsters. Sadly, no one there can afford to pay $60 for a pair of shoes, even on a generous installment plan, and before he knows it, he is reduced to coaching a team of ragged 10-year-olds and prospects are looking grim. Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival

Rated PG | Length 121 minutes

Actors

Park Hee-soon | Ko Chang-seok | Im Won-hee | Kim Seo-hyung | Cho Jin-woong | Shin Cheol-jin | Xanana Gusmão