Marathon (2005)
- Original title
- 말아톤
- Directed by
- Jeong Yun-cheol
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, sport film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- ALL
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 60 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man with autism trains to run a marathon with the help of his mother and a coach. The film follows their challenges and the bond they share through the sport.
inspiringheartfeltgentleupliftingemotionalquietly triumphanttenderdetermined
What happens
Marathon (Korean: 말아톤) is a 2005 South Korean drama film directed by Jeong Yoon-cheol, and starring Cho Seung-woo and Kim Mi-sook. It received 5,148,022 admissions, making it the 4th most attended Korean film of 2005. Based on the true story of Bae Hyeong-jin, an autistic marathon runner, the film popularized the South Korean term for autism (자폐증; japyejeung) which can be translated as "self-closed syndrome." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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