My Paparotti

My Paparotti
Korean name
Hangul
파파로티
Revised RomanizationPaparoti
McCune–ReischauerP'ap'arot'i
Directed byYoon Jong-chan
Written byYoo Young-a
Produced byPark Mu-seung
Bang Chu-sung
Ryu Eun-suk
Yoon Hye-ra
Lee Seok-won
Jo Jeong-hwa
Kwon Yoo-kyeong
StarringHan Suk-kyu
Lee Je-hoon
Oh Dal-su
Cho Jin-woong
Kang So-ra
CinematographyLee Chang-jae
Edited bySteve M. Choe
Music byLee Jae-hak
Lee Sang-hun
Distributed byShowbox/Mediaplex
Release date
  • March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)
Running time
127 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$10.5 million

My Paparotti (Korean: 파파로티; RR: Paparoti) is a 2013 South Korean biographical comedy-drama film starring Han Suk-kyu, Lee Je-hoon,Oh Dal-su, Cho Jin-woong and Kang So-ra It focuses on the special relationship between a high school gangster and the music teacher who helps him pursue his dream of becoming a singer like the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

Allegedly based on the real-life story of Kim Ho-joong, who first appeared on the variety show Star King in July 2009, where he talked about growing up as a thug and joining gangs, until his grandmother encouraged him to pursue singing; and in 2020 became one of the seven finalists of the trot audition program Mr. Trot.