A Man Who Was Superman (2008)

Original title

슈퍼맨이었던 사나이

Directed by

Jeong Yun-cheol

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

ALL

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary filmmaker finds a man who believes he is a superhero and decides to make a film about him. The man does small good deeds for people around Seoul. The story blends real problems with a touch of magic.

bittersweetwhimsicalgentlepoignanttenderwhimsicalsadhopeful

What happens

A Man Who Was Superman (Korean: 슈퍼맨이었던 사나이; RR: Syupeomaenieotdeon sanai) is a 2008 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Jeong Yoon-cheol, starring Hwang Jung-min and Jun Ji-hyun. The film applies techniques of magical realism to problems arising from the narcissism of small differences that plagues the modern Korean conscience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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