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- Movie: A Single Spark
- Revised romanization: Areumdawoon Cheonnyeon Jeon Tae-Il
- Hangul: 아름다운 청년 전태일
- Director: Park Kwang-Su
- Writer: Lee Chang-Dong
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: November 11, 1995
- Runtime: 96 min.
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
The film intercuts two stories, one in black and white, one in color. From 1965 to 1970, we follow Jeon Tae-Il, a poor young man who quits street vending to work in a garment factory. Amid appalling work conditions, he buys a law book, seeks government help, forms an association, talks to reporters. When conditions don't change, he takes a dire step. Five years later, a young couple follow Tae-Il's path: pregnant Shin Jung-Soon tries to organize a union in her garment factory. She's harassed, then beaten. Her husband, Kim Yong-Su, an intellectual in hiding from Park Chung Hee's repressive regime, is writing Tae-Il's story. Can he elude capture to complete the book?
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