A failed baseball prospect pivots to selling fake gas — Korean cinema's most depressing hustle.
Gwang-ho, a prospect on his high school baseball team, is not drafted by a professional baseball team. His desire to continue playing baseball strains his relationship with his team members. Gwang-ho eventually begins selling fake gasoline with his friend Min-cheol.
Acting
Jeong Jae-kwang's slumped shoulders speak entire monologues.
Direction
Lee Jung-gon finds poetry in Incheon's industrial grayness.
Director
Lee Jung-gon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in Incheon's decaying industrial zones; the director grew up nearby and wanted the city itself as a character.
South Korea's brutal baseball draft system crushes hundreds of prospects annually — this film follows what happens after the cameras leave.
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