Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Green Days: the Dinosaur and I / <소중한 날의 꿈> 2011

Directed by: Ahn Jae-hoon and Han Hye-jin / 안재훈과 한혜진
Release date: June 2011
Better translation of the title: Dreams from a Precious Day.


It is the 1970s and Yi-rang is a high-school student in a country town. Her dream is to become an Olympic athlete but she fakes a collapse during a race rather than lose the race. Her new best friend will be the quirky and precocious classmate Soo-mi who comes from the big city of Seoul. Yi-rang will also experiment with a first love with classmate Chul-su who dreams of becoming an astronaut. They all plan, ponder, and dream of who they will be when they grow up. 
 
I love this film! A thoughtful and sumptuous, yet gentle, animated depiction of growing up in a small town in the 1970s, rich with detail of small town life and high school days from that era, with an awesome musical score as well.
My take: CCC

The dream: a friendly little dinosaur frisks around Yi-rang's legs.
The days and years go by and the dinosaur will grow up
and go where Yi-rang can't follow.

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