Mai Ratima
– Actor Yoo Ji-Tae’s directorial debut feature film is one part melodrama, one part comingof-age sto..
Actor Yoo Ji-Tae’s directorial debut feature film is one part melodrama, one part comingof-age story about Soo-young, a miserable thirtysomething man and Mai-Ratima, a 22-year-old Thai girl who accepts a mail order marriage in order to realize her Korean Dream. Into their relationship comes Young-jin, a hostess, slowly turning it into a love triangle.
06 Jun 2013
Thai, English, Korean
Unemployed and hopeless, Soo-young witnesses a Thai woman named Mai Ratima in danger and helps her out. Having come to Korea through international marriage, Mai is physically and emotionally abused by her husband's family in Korea. Mai and Soo-young fall in love with each other and end up eloping together to Seoul. Their days of happiness are soon shattered, however, when attractive Young-jin seduces Soo-young, and he decides to leave Mai. One day, when life becomes unbearable for Soo-young, he goes to find Mai and finds out that she is not who she used to be.
2 wins & 2 nominations.