Tracing Cowboys

A Lebanese drama that explores the inception of popular resistance movements as a reaction to the Israeli occupation in 1982, and the struggles and suffering the freedom fighters went through.

An aggressive boy in a poor town grows up in harsh circumstances to face life bravely.

In the end of 1939 the Soviet Union attacks Finland. In Sweden 100.000 men are quickly drafted to guard the northeastern border. Men, who have almost no military training, are suddenly expected to behave as full-fledged soldiers. In one of the units we find 107 Andersson, 111 Loffe and a bunch of men with nicknames as Morsgrisen and Stora Norrland. After some months the war in Finland is over, but World War II continues and the unit moves to the western border of Sweden, where the men have to stay for many years to come. Sweden is not at war, but some of the men are frightened that the Nazis will one day attack also this country. The years passes by without much drama. There are some confrontations with German soldiers on the other side of the border, but the problems the men in the unit encounter are mainly of a more social nature. The young staff sergeant develops a liaison with a woman in a nearby village although he is already engaged with a girl back home, and in Stockholm Loffe's wife gets entangled in a sexual affair with a rich black-marketeer. When the war ends in May 1945 the men in the unit have been together for more than five years, but they never meet again.

Set from postwar of the Korean's war to the present (1980s). The story revolves around two brothers, Tae-jun and Tae-su, from the country of Chuncheon, struggling in poverty and family often verbally argue. After the death of their father, Tae-jun (the eldest son) pursues further on his education and earns a merit to law school, whereas Tae-su (the youngest) hides out escaping the crime he assaulted back at home. However, Tae-jun is romantically in love with his first love, Mi-ja, who becomes a movie star, debating about her career and their pending marriage. Love and Ambition is an intriguing intense tale circling into romance and obsession.

In the lead years of repression, the struggle for democracy and freedom intertwines the lives of a student and military leader.