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Marathon

AKA: Running Boy

2005
115 Minutes
Feature Film
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Based on a true story, this feature drama from South Korea director Jeong Yun-Cheol tells the tale of an autistic man who loves to run and his mother who is driven to have him succeed. She hires a former marathon champion, yet a now faltering man, to coach her son and the struggles escallates as they prepare for the big race. Filming of the marathon sequences took place during the Chuncheon Marathon of 2004. On this widescreen DVD you can select subtitles in English, Korean, or Chinese. A hit in Korea, and with no distributor in the United States, try buying this film at a very reasonable price from an auction site like eBay.


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