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25th
Korean Competition
Time to Be Strong
 
Director_ NAMKOONG Sun
 
Korea 2024 102min DCP Color feature Fiction
Review

Time to Be Strong is the 15th Human Rights Movie Project by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea and explores the human rights of idols. There are a lot of issues raised in the film about the violation of idols’ human rights. It deals with various issues, from financial problems, excessive working hours, sexual violation to emotional issues, which may still arise if these idols are not affiliated to any large agency. Some human rights films are so entertaining that they may not be recognized as human rights films, if the definition of it were not mentioned. These include Fly, Penguin (2009) by Lim Soon-rye and Maggie (2018) by Lee Okseop. Time to Be Strong is in line with these films. Director Namkoong Sun, who depicted the life of a pregnant woman in a candid yet hilarious way in Ten Months (2021), displays her talent once again, seamlessly blending human rights issues in this cheerful youth drama. A belated school trip for three former idols is also the story of ordinary young people, who look back on the past and vow to make a fresh start. The message of the film, “I am here. The one called I is here”, is something that all young people can relate to. (MOON Seok)

CREDIT
  • DirectorNAMKOONG Sun
  • ProducerLEE Sang-hyun
  • ScreenplayNAMKOONG Sun
  • CinematographyKIM Sunhyuk
  • GafferKIM Sunhyuk
  • Production DesignJUNG Jaeyoung
  • MusicByul.org
  • EditorCHOI Kyung-yoon, NAMKOONG Sun
  • SoundKIM Kyouman, KIM Yunkyung, HWANG Kyubin
CastCHOI Seung-eun, HYUN Woo-seok, HA Seoyoon, KANG Chae-yoon
DIRECTOR
NAMKOONG Sun 
Born in 1980. Studied Filmmaking at the Korea National University of Arts. Director and writer of the feature film Ten Months (2021).
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