Topknot on Mount Marte (1987)

Idealistic Jin-ho studies in an art school in Paris. He feels his roommate, Hwang, has sold out when the latter accepts a lucrative commercial arts position. Disappointed in his friend, Jin-ho leaves the house they shared. He finds a small room which he pays for by washing dishes in Mrs Yun's cafe which gives him time to paint pictures of Paris from the top of Mount Marte