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The World of Us (2016) - 8 September

02-09-2024 39 Hit
The World of Us (2016) - 8 September

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Date & Time: 8 September (Sun), 3 pm


Venue: Manarat Al Saadiyat, Auditorium


Ganre: Drama


Rate: G


Starring: Choi Soo-in, Seol Hye-in, Lee Seo-yeon


Reservation: https://csad-080924.splashthat.com/


 

CLOSE-UP ON CHILDREN'S WORLD, SEEM SIMPLE BUT FULL OF EMOTIONAL TURBULENCE


At an age when perhaps friends mean more than moms, 10-year-old Sun is an outcast at school. After all her classmates go home on the last day before summer break, Sun is left alone cleaning the classroom. Later, she meets Jia who had just finished transferring over to the school. While Sun shows Jia around the neighborhood as she had just moved there, they feel close to each another and become friends. At last, Sun has a friend! Sun and Jia go over to each other's houses to play, share secrets, and have fun together during their break. Jia who is cheerful and outgoing likes Sun who is very kind and caring, while Sun likes Jia, her first friend ever who is even nice ɔ her younger brother. Towards the end of break, Jia dragged by her grandmother > a tutoring academy. As she makes new friends there, she notices a strange vibe between Sun and the other kids. Bora, an easy-going and cool leader of the kids, seems puzzled that Jia is close with Sun. When school is back in session, Jia tries to get into Bora's clique and starts to distance herself from Sun. Inside the world of children that is perhaps more complex and delicate than that of adults, Sun taken aback by her best friend Jia's sudden change of heart, while Jia on the other hand doesn't want to lose out on the fun at her new school. And the two girls end up hurting and getting hurt by each other.

Director's Name
Yoon Ga-eun
Running Time
94
Event Period
08-09-2024  ~  08-09-2024