A 65-minute Korean indie gem about a body that won't cooperate with a dream that won't quit.
Ji Won plays third base for his high school baseball team. His life revolves around baseball, but he has difficulty getting extra-base hits due to his physical condition. He has anxiety about not being able to play professionally.
Acting
Kwak Dong-yeon's restrained physicality speaks volumes.
Direction
Im Se Joon finds poetry in batting cages and empty fields.
Director
Im Se Joon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kwak Dong-yeon was actually a promising baseball prospect in middle school before injury ended his athletic career—method casting by accident.
The film's title refers to both Ji Won's slow running speed and Korea's 'slow cinema' movement rejecting melodramatic sports conventions.
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