Forever the Moment
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- Movie: Forever the Moment
- Revised Romanization: Woori Saengae Chwegoui Soongan
- Hangul: 우리 생애 최고의 순간
- Director: Yim Soonrye
- Writer: Na Hyeon
- Producer: Shim Jae-myung
- Cinematographer: Hwang Ki-Seok
- Release Date: Janaury 10, 2008
- Runtime : 124 Min.
- Production Budget: US$ 3.8M
- Studio: MK Pictures
- Distributor: SidusFNH
- Country: South Korea
- Language: Korean
Plot
Once a professional Korean handball player, Mi-sook is now working in a retail store after her team disbanded. Hae-kyung, now playing as a coach for a handball team in Japan, returns to Korea to become the replacement coach for Korea’s national team. In order to improve the team she asks her former teammates, including Mi-sook, to join the team and regain their past glory.
Hae-kyung has them training hard, but the younger player’s don’t adapt well to her old school style. Dissention becomes so strong that players become involved in physical confrontations. Because of this, Hae-Kyung is asked to step down as the coach and a new coach Seung-pil takes her place. With encouragement from Misook, Hae-Kyung now swallows her pride and rejoins the team as a player.
Seung-pil used to be a famous handball player but now is adapting to the role of a coach. He implements a more scientific program and european style training program that faces more resistance from the players. The team’s ability to compete in the Olympics becomes more distant with each passing day.
Notes
- "Forever the Moment" is based on the true story of the South Korean handball team that played in the finals at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- The Olympic match filmed in the movie was shot at the Samsan Sports Complex in Incheon, South Korea.
- The main Korean actresses underwent an intensive 3 month handball training regiment to prepare for their roles. They were coached by the well known handball coach Dae-jin Lee.
- An actual Danish professional handball team from Aarhus, who were in Korea for 7 days to play in the international handball games, portrayed the Danish Olympic team in the movie.
Cast
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| Moon So-Ri | Kim Jung-Eun | Uhm Tae-Woong | Kim Ji-Young | Jo Eun-Ji |
| Han Mi-sook | Kim Hae-Kyung | Ahn Seung-pil | Song Jeong-ran | Oh Su-hee |
Additional Cast Members:
- Min Ji - Bo-ram
- Lee Mi-Do - Hyeon-Ja
- Jung Suk-Yong - Chung-Sik
- Park Won-Sang - Gyoo-cheol
- Sung Ji-Ru
- Ryu Seung-Soo - Supermarket manager
- Kim Do-Yeon
- Kim Jin-Hyeok
- Jo Young-Jin
- Oh Yong
- Kim Jong-Eon
- Ha Jung-Woo - Mart customer
- Kim Mi-So
- Joo Hye-Rin - Hye-kyeong's daughter
- Jo Duk-Je - President Bae
- Lee Bong-Kyu - Training Chairman
- Park Joon-Hyuk - Myung-Suk
Trailer
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Film Festivals
- 2008 (10th) Udine Far East Film - April 18th-26th
- 2008 (13th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 2nd-10th - Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
- 2008 (3rd) Korean Film Festival In Paris - December 17th-23th - Feature Films
Awards
- Best Film
- Best Supporting Actress (Ji-yeong Kim)
Habin Says:
Feb 01 2012 11:42 pm
Sports films are very fascinating. I hope this film is not an exception.