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In this video, we will explain A Stray Goat.
This movie tells the story
of a boy who befriends a bullied classmate whose father has been accused of murder.
When their togetherness grows closer, will the seeds of love grow between them?
And can they prove the injustice that has happened?
Let's find out in A Stray Goat.
A Stray Goat begins in winter, where a young man named Min-sik,
is on his way to Goseong, a small town which is his father's hometown.
Min-sik and his family plan to move and settle in Goseong.
Having not visited his hometown for a long time,
Min-sik's father seems confused when deciding the right direction,
so he asks a middle-aged man who happens to be passing on the road they are going through.
After telling his family the right way to go to Goseong city,
the middle-aged man immediately went to drive his car.
Arriving in the city of Goseong, Min-sik's father who works as a priest,
intends to reopen the church that has long been abandoned by the residents of Goseong city.
The next day, Min-sik is driven to school by his father.
Knowing that Min-sik is a
student who often causes trouble at his old school, his father warns him not to get into
any trouble at school and focus on studying to graduate with good grades.
Arriving at school,
like a transfer student in general,
Min-sik was asked by his teacher to introduce himself in front of the class.
He then introduces himself to his classmates as a new transfer student from Suwon.
In class, Min-sik's attention is immediately drawn to a quiet and aloof girl named Ye-joo.
Ye-joo is often bullied by her classmates, so she has no friends.
One of the delinquents in class
tells Min-sik not to be friends with Ye-joo because it will only cause trouble for him.
The delinquent students always bullied Ye-joo
because her father was the accused in a murder case.
Even though Ye-joo's father is proven innocent and has a strong alibi,
the residents of Goseong city still believe that her father is the perpetrator of the murder.
Despite his reluctance, Min-sik is forced to befriend the delinquent students in his class
because they find out about him getting into trouble and being a delinquent student while
still at school in Suwon.
Not wanting to get into trouble, Min-sik can't help but be friends with them.
As the days go by, Min-sik occasionally steals glances at Ye-joo who is always aloof.
Despite knowing that Ye-joo is always being bullied, Min-sik can't do anything about it
and just lets it go.
The delinquent students ask Min-sik to steal money at a hardware store one day.
He is forced to comply with their request because he thinks it will keep him out of trouble.
However, his actions were caught by the shop owner.
Elsewhere, Min-sik's parents are seen
distributing flyers inviting residents to come back to church for worship.
They then entered a cosmetic shop and gave flyers to the woman who owned the shop.
However, when Min-sik's father starts preaching,
the woman immediately stops him and asks them to leave.
Before leaving, Min-sik's mother buys a lip balm
because she feels bad for the shop owner who looks stern and grumpy when she finds out
that they came only to give a brochure containing an invitation to church.
Meanwhile,
because Min-sik was caught stealing money by the hardware store owner, the bad boys then punished
Min-sik by telling him to take Ye-joo's hand and take her home. Although Min-sik was hesitant
at first, but he decided to take Ye-joo's hand and drive her home. Arriving at Ye-joo's house,
Min-sik is greeted by Ye-joo's father and he kindly tells Min-sik to come in and invites
him to eat together. The delinquent students who waited for Min-sik outside then called him
but received no answer. Not long after, the window of Ye-joo's house was pelted with stones.
The scene then switches and shows the service atmosphere at the church led by Min-sik's father.
The congregation seemed serious when listening to the lecture delivered by Min-sik's father.
Worship at the church went smoothly even though not many people came to church. Elsewhere,
Min-sik is seen playing soccer with his friends. Because he heads the ball too hard, the ball is
thrown into the forest. While Min-sik is looking for a ball in the bushes, he stumbles upon a stray
goat trapped in the hole. He doesn't necessarily help the little goat and just leaves him alone.
In the afternoon, Min-sik passes by the hardware store he went to yesterday and intends to return
the money he stole. But apparently the shop was closed. After that, he crosses paths with Ye-joo,
then invites her to eat together. Min-sik then gives Ye-joo the lip balm her mother had bought
at the cosmetic shop, saying he's never used it. Ye-joo smiles happily and thanks Min-sik for the
gift. Not long after, Min-sik gets a call from someone asking him to come to the police station.
Arriving at the police station, Min-sik is named a suspect for the theft at the hardware store.
At first Min-sik wants to defend himself, but the delinquent students have already testified
that they only helped Min-sik escape and were not involved in the theft.
Min-sik doesn't move at all and finally admits his mistake. Min-sik's father looks very angry and
scolds him all the way because his actions have humiliated his pride. Min-sik can only look down
and apologize to his father for his crime. The next day, Min-sik returns to school and
meets Ye-joo, where he then hands her a packet of snacks. While in class,
Min-sik sees Ye-joo being bullied by one of the bad boys who snatched the snack Min-sik gave her,
then spilled it on the table, hitting Ye-joo's shirt. But Min-sik doesn't do anything and just
lets it go. While trying to clean the food stains on her shirt, Ye-joo looks so sad that she let
the bad boys bully her and snatch the snacks that Min-sik gave that meant so much to her.
On her way home from school, Ye-joo meets Min-sik, helping his parents distribute flyers regarding
worship activities at the church. Ye-joo then asks if she's allowed to enter the church, and Min-sik
of course lets her. Long story short, Ye-joo ends up going to the church accompanied by Min-sik.
Ye-joo then meets one of the residents of Goseong who doesn't seem to like her presence.
After the service, Min-sik then introduces Ye-joo to his parents, where his father looks happy that
Min-sik finally invited one of his schoolmates to church. However, after learning about the rumours
circulating about Ye-joo's father, suddenly Min-sik's father's attitude, which had greeted
Ye-joo warmly, turned cold and then scolded Min-sik because he thought Ye-joo's presence
could have a bad impact for the church. Min-sik's mother tries to advise her husband by saying
that Ye-joo is completely innocent and doesn't have to share the guilt that her father has done.
Shortly afterwards, Ye-joo was bullied again by delinquent students. But this time Min-sik
doesn't stay silent and goes forward valiantly to defend Ye-joo, even though in the end he and
Ye-joo are beaten by the bad boys. Min-sik then takes Ye-joo away and leads her into the forest,
where he once found a wild goat trapped in a hole. When Min-sik and Ye-joo come to the hole,
the wild goat is still there. They both took the wild goat out of there and tied it to a tree.
They then take a walk at the edge of the forest while enjoying the beautiful scenery,
which even Ye-joo, born and lived there, has not seen for years. On their way home, Min-sik
and Ye-joo pass a house that has a goat farm and think that the goats must have come from there.
They then plan to buy warm clothes for the wild goat so that the goat doesn't get cold.
After putting warm clothes on the wild goat, Min-sik and Ye-joo plan to take the goat home.
But then, they run into the owner of the farmhouse who recognizes that the goat Ye-joo
brought is his. However, Ye-joo is adamant that she doesn't want to hand the goat over to the man.
Seeing this, Min-sik then says that he will buy the goat and will give the money tomorrow.
The man finally agreed. Since then, Min-sik and Ye-joo's relationship has grown closer.
One day, Min-sik takes Ye-joo to church again. But it turns out, that day is the anniversary
of the death of Kim Soo-jin, the little girl who was killed some time ago, where Ye-joo's father
is considered the killer. Knowing this, Ye-joo rushes off because all the attention is on her.
Min-sik then chases after Ye-joo and apologizes to her because he didn't know that his father
and the church members would commemorate the anniversary of Kim Soo-jin's death. Min-sik
then tries to calm Ye-joo down and says that her father wasn't Kim Soo-jin's killer. Min-sik then
promises to catch the real culprit and clear her father's name. But Ye-joo doesn't say anything and
immediately leaves Min-sik. After that, Min-sik steals his mother's money and church donation
money to redeem the stray goat according to the agreement they made with the livestock owner.
A few days later, Ye-joo is seen going to a salon to cut and change her hairstyle.
However, while at school, Ye-joo is again bullied by delinquent students who insult her hairstyle.
Seeing Ye-joo being bullied, Min-sik then helps her and attacks one of the delinquent students.
But Min-sik's resistance actually causes him to become the target of bullying, where the
delinquent students then beat him. Knowing that Min-sik brought a lot of money, the bad boys took
the money and left immediately. Even though the money was planned to be used by Min-sik to redeem
the wild goat to make Ye-joo happy. Seeing Min-sik battered and losing his money, Ye-joo stands still
and leaves him alone. Ye-joo then goes alone to the goat owner and says they don't have the money
to pay for the goat. Ye-joo persists in wanting to take the wild goat because it is so precious
to her. On the other hand, Min-sik realized that Ye-joo was disappointed in him and then rushed to
find the bad boys to get his money back. After getting his money back, Min-sik rushes over to
the man who owns the goats at his house. But the man wasn't there. Min-sik then goes to the
forest's edge, where they tie up the wild goat and is shocked to see Ye-joo and the man copulating.
Min-sik thinks that Ye-joo deliberately offered herself to the man as a ransom for the wild goat.
But in reality, Ye-joo had been raped by that man. Min-sik who saw this from a distance then
ran away. Meanwhile Ye-joo who knows that Min-sik left her can only cry bitterly.
The next day, Ye-joo goes to school as usual. But she doesn't find Min-sik there. She takes
the stray goat everywhere she goes, including visiting the church just to see Min-sik.
Everyone looks at Ye-joo with scornful eyes as she walks in with a shabby appearance and dirty shoes.
Realizing that Ye-joo came to church just to meet him, Min-sik immediately looks away from her.
Knowing that Min-sik doesn't want to see her again, Ye-joo can only look down sadly and
walk away. While walking towards the church door, Ye-joo meets the goat owner and looks at him with
a look full of anger. But the man looks back at Ye-joo with a sneer. Ye-joo then cries sadly as
she takes the wild goat with her. Ye-joo had no idea that Min-sik would just ignore her after
everything they've been through together. She then sits alone at the bus stop with her stray goat.
But not long after, the wild goat suddenly ran away somewhere.
Ye-joo tries to find the goat everywhere until she runs into the dark and never returns.
Min-sik returns to school the next day and realizes that Ye-joo isn't there.
After that, he goes to the goat owner's house and deliberately opens the goat cage so that
all the goats escape from there. Min-sik tries to find Ye-joo's whereabouts, but he only finds the
stray goat running around in the fields. He then chases after the goat, but suddenly he falls down.
Min-sik then turns around and lies down, looking at the clear winter sky. Not long after, he feels
the snowflakes falling on his face and instantly, it snows in Goseong, which is something rare in
the city and the film ends. The moral of this film is that we should not judge someone by excluding
them from society, even if it is proven that that person has made a mistake because we are also not
completely good and perfect people. Because every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.