Garak Market Revolution (2016)

Premiered at the Jeonju Film Festival 2016 - Korea Cinemascape. One of the example of the vitality of the young Korean Cinema, 'Garak Market Revolution' gives a delicate and funny insight of modern South Korea, with a hopeful social message. Young Doo-soo (Doo-Won Jung) works at the popular Garak Market, while lying to his parents, saying he has a regular job in a company. His boss makes him discover his potential for Korean traditional chess, that Doo-soo uses it for gambling. Yet he has a goal : help the poorest people of his neighborhood, boosted by his girlfriend who is involved into social activism. Will Doo-soo manage to change his life, or even…start a revolution?