From the writer behind the masterpiece dramas My Mister and My Liberation Notes, Park Hae Young returns with We Are All Trying Here, starring Go Youn Jung, Koo Kyo Hwan, Oh Jung Se, Park Hae Joon, and more.
The drama follows people whose lives are weighed down by envy and jealousy as they search for peace and healing.
It centers on The Eight Club, a group of friends who formed their bond as students and promised to rely on one another. As adults, they all became respected directors and producers in their fields...except for one member, Hwang Dong Man, who was left behind.
Hwang Dong Man is seen as a pathetic loser by his friends. In their circle, he is the only one who still hasn’t debuted as a director. At 40 years old, he works as a teacher, but he’s losing students every day because they don’t believe in what he’s teaching. He’s overly passionate, yet his own life doesn’t reflect his words. To make ends meet, he also takes on part-time jobs, but it’s still clearly not enough.
His brother wants him to quit chasing his dream and work in construction instead, so he can have a stable income. After all, it’s been 20 years and nothing has happened. But Dong Man is stubborn and refuses to give up, continuing to work on his screenplay day and night.
"If I can't prove myself by succeeding, I'll prove myself by falling apart."
This was the phrase he was screaming at the top of his lungs when he went home frustrated.
