If you loved A Man Who Was Superman, try Marathon

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Chung Yoon-chul, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Man Who Was Superman, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

bittersweetforeign gemtender

What Marathon is

Someone decided to make a movie about a kid who likes zebras and running. Cho-won trains to become a marathon runner with his mother's help. It somehow turns running into a metaphor.

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