My Paparotti (2013)

Original title

파파로티

Directed by

Yoon Jong-chan

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

15

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school gangster discovers a talent for singing. His music teacher helps him pursue his dream of becoming an opera singer like Pavarotti.

inspiringemotionalupliftingwarmunderdogheartfeltbittersweet

What happens

My Paparotti (Korean: 파파로티; RR: Paparoti) is a 2013 South Korean biographical comedy-drama film starring Han Suk-kyu, Lee Je-hoon, Oh Dal-su, Cho Jin-woong and Kang So-ra It focuses on the special relationship between a high school gangster and the music teacher who helps him pursue his dream of becoming a singer like the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Allegedly based on the real-life story of Kim Ho-joong, who first appeared on the variety show Star King in July 2009, where he talked about growing up as a thug and joining gangs, until his grandmother encouraged him to pursue singing; and in 2020 became one of the seven finalists of the trot audition program Mr. Trot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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