Release date: October 2012
Kang Dae-oh has a crush on a
college coed, Ye-rin, but as he is a Chinese restaurant delivery guy, she never
notices him. Thinking he has discovered a birthday party she will attend, he
goes and ends up in a student protest occupying the American Cultural Center in
downtown Seoul (a real event from 1985). First fearful he will be unmasked as a
fraud, instead he is mistaken for a legendary student leader. As the occupation
continues, he wins his lady’s love and in the end sacrifices himself to keep
her respect.
A very intriguing re-visioning
of an ugly incident in the student democracy movement and in American-Korean
relations from the 1980s, and a comedy no less, with a touch of whimsy.
My take: 5 stars!
delivery guy in the 1980s: Kang Dae-oh (Kim In-kwon)
makes
a delivery right through the front lines
while students and riot police battle
it out.
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