
Sinopsis:
As the hero is disabled, Running Boy - Marathon which deals with Bae Hyeong-jin and the Chuncheon Marathon, was an unlikely success story. But word of mouth appears to have helped propel the film into record figures, with viewers gripped by the moving drama of an autistic man who uses the Marathon to score a victory for the human spirit.
In one of the highlights of the Korean film "Running Boy" (the original Korean title is "Marathon"), there is a scene in which an autistic boy is surrounded by a crowd of adults on a subway platform. They're confronting the boy because he tried to touch a woman; they assume the worst, of course, but he only touched her because she was wearing a skirt with a zebra pattern, and zebras are his favorite animal. The camera circles the boy, who, though standing in a crowd, is clearly different from the others.
Toward the end of the film, the same boy is running in a Marathon. At first we only see the boy; then the camera slowly pulls back until the boy disappears into the crowd of hundreds of other runners.The contrast between these two scenes add up to a poignant statement about the meaning of disability in our society.
"Running Boy" is a movie about disability, and about the lack of tolerance society has for people who are different. Based on the true story of an autistic boy who completed the Chuncheon Marathon four years ago, the film's protagonist is 20-year old Cho-won (played by Jo Seung-woo), who was diagnosed with autism at the age of five. His mother, played by Kim Mi-Sook, is a major character in the film, vividly illustrating the hardships experienced by families living with autistic people.

Toward the end of the film, the same boy is running in a Marathon. At first we only see the boy; then the camera slowly pulls back until the boy disappears into the crowd of hundreds of other runners.The contrast between these two scenes add up to a poignant statement about the meaning of disability in our society.
"Running Boy" is a movie about disability, and about the lack of tolerance society has for people who are different. Based on the true story of an autistic boy who completed the Chuncheon Marathon four years ago, the film's protagonist is 20-year old Cho-won (played by Jo Seung-woo), who was diagnosed with autism at the age of five. His mother, played by Kim Mi-Sook, is a major character in the film, vividly illustrating the hardships experienced by families living with autistic people.

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