Forever the Moment
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 우리 의 |
| Revised Romanization | Uri saengae choegoui sungan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Uri saengae ch‘oegoŭi sun’gan |
| Directed by | Yim Soon-rye |
| Produced by | Shim Jae-myung Kim Hyeon-cheol Kim Kyun-hee |
| Written by | Na Hyun |
| Starring |
Moon So-ri Kim Jung-eun Uhm Tae-woong |
| Music by | Yoon Min-hwa |
| Cinematography | Hwang Ki-seok |
| Edited by | Moon In-dae |
| Distributed by | Sidus FNH |
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124 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$27,258,370 |
Forever the Moment (Hangul: ; RR: Uri saengae choego-ui sungan) is a 2008 South Korean film. It is a fictionalized account of the South Korea women's handball team which competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The Korean title translates as "The Best Moment in Our Lives," and it is believed to be the first film that revolves around the sport of handball.
South Korea won the silver medal in women's handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, following a close game against Denmark which was decided by a penalty shootout. The Koreans had lost a three-point lead in the second half, and at the end of normal time both sides were level at 25-25, taking the game into overtime. After the first overtime the score was still locked at 29-29, but South Korea were leading 34-33 in second overtime, until a late equaliser by Katrine Fruelund in the final ten seconds forced the game into a shootout, which Denmark won 4-2. In a poll conducted by Gallup Korea, 50.2% of respondents said that the women's handball finals was their favourite event of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Kim Hye-kyeong is a retired handball player who has been successfully coaching in the Japan Handball League. When the coach of South Korea's women's national team suddenly quits, she is asked to fill in, but is faced with an undisciplined squad of players. Hye-kyeong tries to improve the team by recruiting some of her old teammates, including two-time Olympic gold medalist Han Mi-sook. However, Hye-kyeong's aggressiveness causes friction amongst the players, and she is replaced by former men's handball star Ahn Seung-pil, though she decides to stay with the team as a player. Seung-pil introduces modern European training methods which brings him into conflict with the older players, and things get worse when they lose a game against a high school boys' team.
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