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On one fiery summer day in 1978, Harold Chois cell broke.
Harolds fathers philandering ways drive his mom to seek a drastic solution. Late one summer night in 1978, Harold unexpectedly finds her sitting in his fathers beloved red Corvette. This moment will forever burn in his memory: the moment his mother betrays him.
A Korean immigrant couple raises their son as an American in a comfortable suburban tri-level home with a spacious green yard. Harold and his angelic friend Mina, like other normal seven-year-olds, explore dark corners of the backyard, where they find a fragile frog seeking shelter. They capture this curious creature and place it in a jar. Like the frog, Harolds mother, Jung, is trapped in her dual roles as housewife and mother in her husbands domestic prison. Her only extension outside of the home is a laundry line holding the familys linens. Having almost confronted her husband about his adulterous escapades, Jung resolves to make this the final day she will tolerate his philandering. In preparation, she cleans the house, organizes the familys important papers, writes the final entries in her journal, and makes sure Harold knows how much she loves him. In the dead of night, when Harold sleepily walks out the front door to find his mother sitting in his fathers beloved Corvette, time stops. This moment will forever burn in his memory: the moment his mother betrays him. Written by Dennis Lee, "God is Good" tells the story of innocence lost - seven-year-old Korean-American Harold Chois story, unfolding on a beautiful summer day in 1978 before he witnesses his mothers self-immolation in her cheating husbands sparkly red Corvette. This film is based on a true story.
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