The Evergreen

Released
1961
2h 22min
4 votes
Drama

Synopsis

Yeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modernization to farmers living in the rural area of their hometown. When they arrive, the pair immediately get to work, Dong-hyuk builds a village hall and starts aiding the farmers while Yeong-shin tries to gather the children to form a school. However, the villagers at first resent and resist the pair. It is not until one child, Ok-bun, takes the initiative and and learns to read under Yeong-shin’s care that the villages trust the pair and allow their children to be taken from the fields and taught reading, writing and math.

Détails techniques

Titre original

상록수

Langue originale

KO

Langues parlées

Korean

Production

Compagnies de production

Shin Films

Pays de production

South Korea

Image d'arrière-plan 1 du film The Evergreen

Mots-clés

sufferingteacherschoolpoverty