Marathon (2005 Film)
Marathon (Hangul: 말아톤; RR: Maraton) is a 2005 South Korean film based on the true story of Bae Hyeong-jin, an autistic marathon runner. The film received 5,148,022 admissions becoming the 4th most attended film of 2005.
The film popularized the South Korean term for autism (Hangul: 자폐증; RR: japyejeung) which can be translated as "self-closed syndrome."
Famous quotes containing the word marathon:
“In their eyes I have seen
the pin men of madness in marathon trim
race round the track of the stadium pupil.”
—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)