I just found out that Korea-Indonesia Week 2011 will be held soon. And there will be a lot of activities related to Korea-Indonesia diplomatic relationship. Korea-Indonesia Week 2011 was held from September, 28th - October, 3rd 2011 in 3 places, Gandaria City Mall, Korean Culture Center, and Tennis Indoor Senayan. There are Taekwondo competition, Korean Food Festival, K-Pop Dance Cover and Singing Contest, and the most that we awaited for is Korean Movie Festival and Hallyu Concert 2011 ! Yay !
In this post, I will tell you about Korean Movie Festival 2011 first. There were many films that was aired in the cinema in Jakarta, Indonesia, such as Finding Mr. Destiny, A Barefoot Dream, Harmony, The Good The Bad The Weird, The Sword With No Name, Detective K, and 71 Into The Fire. I booked for Finding Mr.Destiny and A Barefoot Dream. But actually I can't watch Finding Mr. Destiny because it was aired at 20:00 pm and at that time, there was a Hallyu Concert 2011. So my sister and I decided to watch A Barefoot Dream at 13:00 pm. I heard that this film is based on the real story.
We arrived at Gandaria City Mall at 12:45 pm. And we thought that there will be lots of crowd, but in fact, we can go inside of the theater freely. Awww! We were so happy!
A Barefoot Dream is a film about Korean named Kim Won Kang ( Park Hee Soon ) who stayed in Sumatra, Indonesia then got a chance to go to East Timor ( Timor Leste ) for working. But in fact, there was no work in East Timor. In East Timor, Won Kang saw that children there loves to play soccer. But because of the poor condition, they just play football with a bare foot, no shoes. Won Kang saw that it's a great chance for business. He sold some soccer equipment with a great and expensive brands. Of course no one wants to buy it, because of the expensive price. In two months, Won Kang just can sell a pair of shoes.
Finally, Won Kang gave every child a pair of shoes, but they have to pay for the shoes 1 dollar / day. Those children fighted for getting 1 dollar to pay for their shoes. They were afraid that if they can't pay for that, Won Kang will take it back. Although finally, they gave up and wanted to return the shoes back to Won Kang.
But Won Kang's mission to sell the shoes was finally changed when he got a challenge from East Timor man to have a soccer match with them. And that Timor man has a brother who is really good at soccer. He is Ramos ( Francisco Varela ). Won Kang's team vs Ramos' brother team bet with a pig. Because they were not ready, Won Kang's team was lost.
Ramos really want to go to Indonesia and join with Indonesia pro team. And Won Kang said to Ramos that he can make it. Then Ramos was agree to join with them. Ramos joined with another team members, such as Atta, Dinu, and Motavio ( Fernando Pinto ). Motavio and Ramos had a bad moment when a war happened in East Timor. Motavio's father was died by Ramos' uncle. But also finally, Ramos' uncle also died in that war. In every exercise match, Ramos didn't want to pass the ball to Motavia who was near at him. And then finally they lost chance to make a goal.
Then there was also a story about Tua ( Junior Da Costa ), a small boy with a great soccer skill, and his little sister Josephine ( Marlina Simoes ). Won Kang can't let Tua join in the team because of his small body. But with a great effort, Won Kang let Tua join in the team.
Won Kang had a crazy idea about sending his team into the international match in Japan, although they still had lack experience. They searched for help to fund the money and the permission from the embassy. And finally they went to Japan! Not just coming to Japan, but they also won the match over Japan. The score was 3-2 for East Timor because of Motavio, Atta, and the last goal made by Tua through the penalty session. East Timor citizen also cheered with them.
From this film, I learn a lot about our dream. Poor people also have their right to dream and achieve their dream, that's what Won Kang said. Like Ramos, He just has a dream to reach Indonesia Pro Team, but in fact he can go further into the international one.It's all because his effort and also the overall team effort. Believe that we can reach our dream even it's impossible to reach. Because we never know what God plan for us.
After this film ended, all of the viewers in Theater 3 of XXI Cinema Gandaria City gave an applause. It's such an inspirational film. I think that you have to watch it. Many lesson that you can get for your self-motivation.
Thank you Korean Culture Center for giving me the ticket. It's a great film and I'm satisfied!
