Time to be Strong

2025 / 99' / Korea / In Korean with Chinese and English subtitles / Color

★ 2024 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival

★ Grand Prize, Best Actor Prize and Watcha's Pick Award, KoreanCompetition, Jeonju International Film Festival

Let’s get ready for a fresh start.

Three retired K-pop idols take a trip to Jeju Island. Leaving behind their failed careers and unspoken wounds, they seek compensation for their lost school days. However, on the first day of the trip, Sarang loses her luggage and gets caught up in an unwanted quarrel. Facing the soar memories from the past, friends slowly begin to move forward.



Director: Namkoong Sun

Cast: Choi Seung-eun, Hyun Woo-seok, Ha Seo-yoon, Kang Chae-yoon

About the Director

He is a Korean film director and has directed many short films. His famous work “The Worst Friends”, which he directed during his college years, won the Best Work Award in the Sad City section of the 8th Korean Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival, where director Park Chan-wook served as the main juror, for its reflection of social issues.


About us

The Cinematheque・Passion is located at Travessa da Paixão which is a narrow and romantic bystreet branching off the famous World Heritage Site "Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral" (the "St. Paul's Cathedral Site") in the Historic Centre of Macau. A three-storey building equipped with ticket office, screening room, control room, film information room and exhibition space.
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Opening Hours

Ticket Office Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 11:30 pm
Film Information Room Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Exhibition Space Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
(Closes on Mondays, opens during public holidays.)

Contact us

Phone (+853) 2852 2585
Email cinematheque.passion@gmail.com
Address No. 9-13 Travessa da Paixão, Macau