Film follows Korean high school seniors who chose the mountains over college

Being a high school senior and not knowing what to do with your life is considered a major problem in Korea.

When four students submit blank career-planning forms ahead of their counseling sessions, they immediately find themselves under special supervision.

Their teacher, determined to rehabilitate these wandering souls and send them to universities in Seoul, begins preparing them for admissions interviews.

The students are forced to give all the right answers, down to what they like and what they want to do with their lives.

The exercise does little to lift their spirits.

They already spend most of the school day sleeping and see their school as a lifeless place.

But when the school farm where they used to raise rabbits, chickens and ducks is slated to close, the students begin to realize what they want.

Unveiled at a press screening last Wednesday, "The Mountain Goats," the tentative title of the independent film, follows four students who begin building a life in the mountains with their college entrance exams looming.

Each student has a different reason for moving to the mountains. ...