A Barefoot Dream

A Barefoot Dream

121 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 24, 2010

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

A Barefoot Dream

121 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 24, 2010

A Barefoot Dream
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
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Showbox, Camp B
Original title 맨발의 꿈
Directors Kim Tae-gyun
Writers Kim Gwang-hun, Kim Tae-gyun

Cast

Park Hee-soon

as Coach Kim Won-Kang

Ko Chang-seok

as Park In-Gi

Im Won-hee

as Director Poong

Kim Seo-hyung

as Reporter Yoo Bo-Hyeon

Cho Jin-woong

as James

Shin Cheol-jin

as Shin Young-hoon

Xanana Gusmão

as Xanana Gusmão