Last year’s breakout star Yoon Shi-yoon has just begun filming on his new movie, One Hundred Percent, where he plays a former pro golfer who develops aphasia — a language disorder — after an accident. Heading to a mountain village for recuperation, he comes across an elementary school that’s on the brink of closure and becomes a teacher there in a warm “human comedy.”
Note: The title is a pun (Koreans love them their puns!), wherein it it can be read either as 100% or Baek Pro, in reference to this character’s name, Baek Se-jin. The “pro” in the second meaning alludes to his former golfer status (people call him Baek Pro as a nickname), but probably also carries other symbolic connotations.
The first day of shoots, pictured in these stills, took place at the small branch school, which features only six students. Feeling sorry for these kids, Baek Pro tries to help out by playing teacher, which is an exercise in awkwardness and exacerbated by his aphasia, a condition that hampers one’s ability to communicate.
Each of the six kids has a distinct personality, and communicate to their handsome teacher from Seoul with expressions and gestures. While Yoon Shi-yoon almost looks too baby-faced to be teaching young’uns (he’s 24), I can picture him playing the bumbling oppa (and hyung) to the adorable hilt. Aw, I can feel my cynical old heart melting already.
One Hundred Percent will shoot through March, and plans to release in the summer.
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