A Small Ball Shot by a Midget (1981)

Original title

난장이가 쏘아올린 작은 공

Directed by

Lee Won-Se

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

19

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dwarf and his poor family are evicted from their home by a real estate agent. The film follows their struggle to stay together and survive in a harsh society.

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What happens

A Small Ball Shot by a Midget (Korean: 난장이가 쏘아올린 작은 공; RR: Nanjangiga ssoaollin jageun gong) is a 1981 South Korean film by Lee Won-se based on the same-titled novel by Cho Se-hui. It is about a dwarf and his poor, but loving, family who are forced out of their house by a real estate agent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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