Poetry
Rotten Tomatoes® Score
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On DVD: | January 17, 2012 |
Running time: | 2h 19m | Genre: | Drama |
Mija (Yun Jung-hee), 66, lives with her teenage grandson in a small Korean town. Elegant with a dash of eccentric, she goes about life in a brimmed hat, a tidy scarf and floral prints that reflect the flowers she loves. She works as a housekeeper/caregiver for an elderly man (Kim Hi-ra). She also looks after her teenage grandson (Lee David).
Chance leads her to enrol in a poetry class at the local cultural center. For Mija, this represents an unfulfilled prophecy her grade three teacher once madethat Mija would become a poet. While Mija tries following the teacher's advice to look at ordinary objectsan apple, even a dish basinin a whole new way, she receives two jolts. Her memory is starting to go. And her grandson is involved in a monstrous crime.
In Korean with English subtitles.
Director: | Lee Chang-Dong |
Studio: | Mongrel Media |
Producer(s): | Lee Joondong |
Cast: | Yun Jeong-Hie |
Writer(s): | Lee Chang-Dong |