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In Our Prime (2022)
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In Our Prime (2022)
Original name: 이상한 나라의 수학자
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Ji-woo, an outcast in a prestigious private high school, does not fit in due to different social backgrounds than his well-to-do classmates. One day, he meets Hak-sung, the school’s security guard who is actually a mathematical genius defected from North Korea, now living with his past shut away. Ji-woo asks Hak-sung to teach him math, and although reluctant at first, Hak-sung eventually agrees to. Finding each other in their most difficult times, Ji-woo and Hak-sung open up to one another during their special math lessons, but their friendship is at risk when Ji-woo is framed for an incident in school, and Hak-sung is faced with people prying on his past.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: mathematician, mathematics, math teacher, school, teacher, schoolboy, problem, secret past, unlikely friendships, friendship between men, piano, high school student, private school, janitor, inter-korean relations, corruption, teacher student relationship, high school
Keyword: korean

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