Name: Un Taxista
Director: 장훈
Genre: Acción, Drama, Historia
Released: 2017
Cast: 송강호, Thomas Kretschmann, 유해진

Question 1

Why do you think the taxi driver decided to risk his life to help the journalist?

Accepted Answer

Historical drama of civil heroism with realistic violence of political conflict. *A Taxi Driver* soberly reconstructs the historical episode of the Gwangju Uprising, when the South Korean military regime violently suppressed a democratic demonstration in 1980. The film follows Kim Man-seob, a widowed taxi driver who merely seeks to earn a living, but who…

Question 2

How important is it for someone to bear witness to the truth when everyone else prefers to look away?

Accepted Answer

the South Korean military regime violently suppressed a democratic demonstration in 1980. The film follows Kim Man-seob, a widowed taxi driver who merely seeks to earn a living, but who ends up taking the German journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter to the heart of the conflict. The…

Question 3

How does this story relate to our responsibility to defend others?

Accepted Answer

The film follows Kim Man-seob, a widowed taxi driver who merely seeks to earn a living, but who ends up taking the German journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter to the heart of the conflict. The screenplay constructs a classic arc of conversion: from selfishness to sacrifice, from…