Time to Be Strong
Southeast Asian Premiere
Namkoong Sun South Korea 2024 102 min PG13 (Some Coarse Language and Mature Content)
A trio of retired K-pop idols set out for Jeju to discover the island—and themselves—for the first time.
After failing to achieve their dreams, former K-pop stars Sumin, Sarang and Taehee travel to Jeju Island, determined to make up for the school trips they missed. Instead, they arrive broke, exhausted and ambivalent about their future. Pressing on despite the circumstances, the three friends gamely throw themselves at new challenges, only to find that they have not escaped the unhealthy behavioural patterns formed over years of abuse in the idol industry.
As the trio work through the isolation of failure to rediscover the joy in companionship, the solace they find in each other becomes a collective strength they can depend on. Together, they might just be able to recover their lost youth and learn to live on their own terms.
4 Dec, Wed 8:30PM / 102 min
Golden Village Cineleisure, Hall 1
Q&A with Filmmaker(s)
7 Dec, Sat 2:00PM / 102 min
National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre
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Time to Be Strong
힘을 낼 시간
Namkoong Sun
South Korea
2024
Korean
English
102 min
PG13 (Some Coarse Language and Mature Content)
Southeast Asian Premiere
Namkoong Sun
Namkoong Sun is a South Korean director, editor and screenwriter. Commissioned by Korea’s National Human Rights Commission, Time to Be Strong won the Grand Prize and Best Actress prize for Choi Sung-eun’s portrayal of Sumin in Jeonju’s Korean Competition. This is Sun’s second feature after Ten Months (2020), which also stars Choi.
Choi Sung-eun,
Hyun Woo-seok,
Ha Seo-yoon
Song Doo-hwan
