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Jun 24 2010 Not Rated 2h 1m
Drama, Sport

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

Plot

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

Kim Gwang Hun, Tae-gyun Kim

Directed by

Tae-gyun Kim

Cast

Ko Chang-seok, Gabriel Da Costa, Junior Da Costa

Crew

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Production Countries

South Korea, Indonesia, Japan

Production Companies

Showbox, Camp B

Languages

Bahasa indonesia, English

Awards

3 wins & 6 nominations

Trailers
A Barefoot Dream Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
427
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA