A Barefoot Dream

Jun 24, 2010

2h 1m

★ 7.1

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

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Showbox

Camp B

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Cast

Coach Kim Won-Kang

Park Hee-soon

Park In-Gi

Ko Chang-seok

Director Poong

Im Won-hee

Reporter Yoo Bo-Hyeon

Kim Seo-hyung

James

Cho Jin-woong

Shin Young-hoon

Shin Cheol-jin

Xanana Gusmão

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