Today's young Koreans do not know what poverty means. Living off their affluent parents, they upgrade their upscale mobile handsets in less than six months, and spend recklessly on fashion and leisure. Or so you think.
"My Generation", a small-budget film directed by Noh Dong-seok, trains its camera on the largely ignored segment of Korean youth - those who struggle to survive amid mounting debt and utter hopelessness.
Byeong-Seok (Kim Byeong-seok) is a hard-working twenty-something who dreams of becoming a film director in the future. But the reality is relentlessly harsh. He makes charcoal at a restaurant and works part time at a gas station, but he is unable to get out of sheer poverty.
The prevalent image is a trap. He lives with a friend in a tiny, shabby rented room that suggest a prison cell. With an empty stare, he plays a video game at night, while his friend, who hawks health food all day twists and turns in bed.
Byeong-seok, however, keeps dreaming. At least he...|
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