A Barefoot Dream (2011)

After a series of pipe dream ventures go belly up retired pro soccer player Kim Wonkang happens to visit East Timor where he finds children playing the game barefoot on rocky pitches Sensing a new business opportunity on finding the country doesnt have a single sporting goods store he embarks on a scheme to get rich quick by purveying athletic shoes to the unshod youngsters Sadly no one there can afford to pay 60 for a pair of shoes even on a generous installment plan and before he knows it he is reduced to coaching a team of ragged 10yearolds and prospects are looking grim Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival