2005 · drama · family · sports
Marathon
Directed by Chung Yoon-chul1h 57m2005
Cho-won is an autistic but happy young man who loves to draw zebras and run. His mother wants him to feel normal by accomplishing a feat that no one thought his son could achieve. With the help of a coach in exile, she trains him to become a marathon runner.
Our read: Marathon (2005) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · family · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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