Mai Ratima

{{Infobox film

|name = Mai Ratima

|image = File:Mai_Ratima_poster.jpg

|director = Yoo Ji-tae

|producer = Hong Yeon-jeong
Song Kwang-ik

|writer = Im Sun-ae
Yoo Ji-tae

|starring = Bae Soo-bin
Park Ji-soo
So Yoo-jin

|music = Jo Yeong-wook

|cinematography = Lee Jung-bae
Jang Won-wook

|editing = Moon In-dae

|studio = Yoo Movie

|distributor = Lotte Entertainment

|released = {{Film date|2012|10|5|Busan International Film Festival|2013|6|6|South Korea}}

|runtime = 123 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean
Thai
English

|budget =

|gross =

|native_name = {{Infobox Korean|child=yes

|hangul = 마이 라띠마

|rr = Ma-i Rattima

|mr = Mai Rattima}}

}}

Mai Ratima ({{ko-hhrm|마이 라띠마||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.{{cite web|last=Sunwoo|first=Carla|title=Mai Ratima tackles the challenges of a multicultural Korea|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2972705|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|accessdate=2013-06-07|date=7 June 2013|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130620215744/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2972705|archivedate=20 June 2013}}

It is actor-director Yoo Ji-tae's first feature film.{{cite web|last=Ji|first=Yong-jin|title=The Reality We Must Face Now: YOO Ji-tae, Director of Mai Ratima|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/interview.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=23|work=Korean Cinema Today|date=5 October 2012|accessdate=2012-12-07}}{{cite web|last=Ji|first=Yong-jin|title=Director YOO Ji-tae and Actor BAE Soo-bin of MAI RATIMA: Cooperation Between Friendly Colleagues|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/interview.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=49|work=Korean Cinema Today|accessdate=2013-06-30|date=19 June 2013}} 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."{{cite web|title=Yoo Ji-tae Shines Light on Mail-Order Brides at Helm of First Feature|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/10/15/2012101500965.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|accessdate=2012-11-19|date=15 October 2012}}{{cite web|last=Park |first=Eun-jee |title=Korean actors find satisfaction off-camera |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2962415 |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |accessdate=2012-11-19 |date=16 November 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227024918/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2962415 |archivedate=27 February 2013 }}

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."{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Claire|title=Yoo Ji-tae wins Jury Prize at Deauville Asian Film Fest|url=http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130310000273|work=The Korea Herald|accessdate=2013-03-10|date=10 March 2013}}{{cite web|last=Conran|first=Pierce|title=MAI RATIMA Awarded Jury Prize at Deauville Asian Film Festival|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2308|work=Korean Film Council|accessdate=2013-03-12|date=12 March 2013}}{{cite web|title=Actor-Turned-Director Yoo Ji-tae Wins Jury Prize in Deauville|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/03/11/2013031100784.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|accessdate=2013-03-12|date=11 March 2013}}

Mai Ratima was released in theaters on June 6, 2013.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Sun-min|title=Yoo Ji-tae directed Mai Ratima to open in June|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2972174|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629142346/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2972174|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2013|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|accessdate=2013-05-28|date=28 May 2013}}