Mai Ratima
Mai Ratima (Korean: 마이 라띠마; RR: Ma-i Rattima) is a 2013 South Korean film that portrays the unlikely love affair of a Korean man in his 30s living on the bottom rung of society and a mail-order bride from Thailand in her 20s.
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 마이 라띠마 |
| Revised Romanization | Ma-i Rattima |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mai Rattima |
| Directed by | Yoo Ji-tae |
| Written by | Im Sun-ae Yoo Ji-tae |
| Produced by | Hong Yeon-jeong Song Kwang-ik |
| Starring | Bae Soo-bin Park Ji-soo So Yoo-jin |
| Cinematography | Lee Jung-bae Jang Won-wook |
| Edited by | Moon In-dae |
| Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
Production company | Yoo Movie |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Languages | Korean Thai English |
It is actor-director Yoo Ji-tae's first feature film. Yoo emphasizes the discrimination against the ever-increasing number of Southeast Asian women who come to Korea for prearranged marriages, saying he wanted to "portray seemingly insurmountable obstacles facing people who desire to make a difference and beat the odds," and delve into "the pain, desire and deficiency that love bears."
The film won the Jury Prize ("Lotus du Jury") at the 2013 Deauville Asian Film Festival. It was praised by Deauville's jury president, Jérôme Clément for its sensitive handling and Yoo's keen insight as director. Clément said, "It's astonishing that this is his first feature film. This award is presented with the hopes that this film will have a chance to be seen widely by film fans worldwide."
Mai Ratima was released in theaters on June 6, 2013.