In Our Prime, in South Korea's school scenery is where Amazon Studios Turkish Gag comedy drama takes place in 2022. The school life of a group of friends who are fans of parlors becomes the center of the story. They start stealing expensive casino attire from a trystee hotel and sell the clothes to the backwoods bar. But when things go wrong, they have to make a deal with a group of criminals, who had misled them, to return the last wear. The money from Kevin's recent robbery at the hotel is shared, and the friends spend it on the newcomers at a pub.
Plot Summary:
Han Ji-Woo, who was good at two of his previous schools, looks up at a new place, a school where the antes are students of the upper-middle-class fortune and geniuses. His intern hardship is math; this is the key class which can define a college entry test. What makes it very difficult for Ji-Woo to kind further the fact that his parents don't have a lot of money so, he isn't able to get make use of personal tuition in the field of math and a student welfare issue is on for him.
Honoring his loyalty is where Ji-Woo's distress is at its most extreme. One day he is the one who the guards catch as he is out of his bed in his flat trying to buy food and alcohol for the others. He knows who else had gone with him and to protect them, he doesn't name them to the dormitory authorities, so he is punished by being told to leave the dormitory at that moment. His classmates, even though at first, they were indifferent to his situation, are impressed by his choices.
Lee Hak-Sung, the one who discovers the cheating boy, is a North Korean who is unfortunately isolated among the people of South Korea. He may appear caustic and mocking, but in reality, there is a common ground of Ji-Woo's troubles in the matter of math that bonds them to each other. What unknowingly the boy does for him is the reason that helps and forms their strange fellowship.
Hak-Sung, who is a defector and experiences alienation in a different part of the curriculum, empathizes with Ji-Woo's particular situation of not fitting in among the privileged intelligentsia at the school. Ji-Woo's character, in a similar manner, is an ordinary guy who with the help of Hak-Sung also searches the connection and displacement notion among members of society.
Character Details:
Han Ji-Woo:
- Background: From a structured small college to an elite one, Ji-Woo's situation has only become worse.
- Personality: Ji-Woo is completely unwavering in his willingness to be there, always giving his all in the name of his friends.
- Challenges: He is weak at math which is a major subject needed for colleges to admit students, and he feels uncomfortable being around the affluent kids.
Lee Hak-Sung:
- Background: He is a security guard at the high school and forced out of his country by his opposition to the regime. His defection has pushed him into loneliness and health issues due to the job-related stress.
- Personality: As serious as he is, Hak-Sung trends towards the kinder side as he watches Ji-Woo struggle, a situation he experienced in his past.
- Challenges: Haunted by longtime memories of his past, he also suffers from the pain of bridging with South Korean society and doing his job with exhaustion.
Park Bo-Ram:
- Background: Ji-Woo has become Bo-Ram's comrade who initially looked down on him only to have her attitude change for the better as she got to know his loyal stand.
- Personality: Bo-Ram is quite intuitive and direct, she is really excited about Ji-Woo and at the end, she is standing by his side.
Mister Kim Geun-Ho:
- Background: Ji-Woo's math instructor who asks him to stride more and tells him to consider his grades as the last digits in a transfer form in case he does not succeed in improving himself.
- Personality: Mr. Kim is a taskmaster amidst the competing issues of practical ethics in a field where moral sensitivity is as subtle as a jackhammer in the midst of the silent wilderness. He constantly reminds Ji-Woo about math's prerequisites for entering college.
Ji-Woo's Roommates:
- Background: Wealthy students that ignore Ji-Woo in the beginning, however later on they will like him for his loyal character.
- Personality: They are the typical elite school students of rich families who can easily afford to get some more academic support too.
Ji-Woo's Mother:
- Background: A single mother who is also a working woman and very proud of her kid's achievements and is also not aware of his difficulties at the school.
- Personality: As my dearest mommy, she is the source of my strength.
Themes:
- The film explores themes of loyalty, friendship, and the struggle for acceptance in a highly competitive society.
- It highlights the socioeconomic disparities within the educational system and the personal costs of ambition and achievement.
In Our Prime is a poignant look at the pressures faced by students in South Korea's elite schools, the value of empathy and kindness, and the unlikely connections that can form between individuals from different walks of life.
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