MINDS Film Festival 2018 (Golden Village)
Marathon
Language
Korean with English subtitles
Synopsis
Screening will be preceded by a MINDS short film “Laynag-Layang Terbang Melayang (The Kite Soars High)”
LAYANG-LAYANG TERBANG MELAYANG (THE KITE SOARS HIGH)
Dir. Ghazi Alqudcy
2018 / Singapore / Drama / Malay with English and Mandarin subtitles / 13 mins / PG
Razak faces two problems after answering a call. He faces the sudden need to prepare for his mother’s departure rituals and musters the courage to explain to his younger brother who is intellectually disabled. Beyond Razak’s expectation, Rashid, his younger brother takes it well and tries to imitate his brother’s action to mentally jot down the procedures that lead to the ritual. In the end, could Rashid answers Razak’s question - What will happen if one day Razak dies?
MARATHON
This award-winning human drama about an autistic youth training to become a marathon runner quickly became the runaway box office smash of 2005. Based on a true story, MARATHON is a solid family film that delicately handles the issue of autism in Korean society in large part to due to the outstanding and utterly believable performance by its lead actor, Cho Seung-Woo.