Chinese-Korean director Zhang Lu’s eighth feature
follows fourteen foreigners from nine different countries
who have left their home to work in South Korea. In

this documentary, Lu asks each of these men to reveal
the most vivid dream that remains in their memory since
arriving in Korea.

Bordering the surreal, Lu conjures an evocative reflection
on South Korea’s evolving social landscape.The dreams
of all men seem to merge into one, as we learn about
their longing to return to their hometowns, reunite with
their lost families and embrace their mothers. In their
dreams, their anxieties are juxtaposed with nostalgia for
their childhood. By alternating these oniric recollections
with images of the heavy machinery they operate in their work, Lu accentuates the striking contrast between
the immensity of the equipment they employ and the
fragility of the hopes they harbour.