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Poetry

Poetry

Drama · 2010

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

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Poetry

2010 Drama 2h 19m

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7.6 / 10

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A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Lee Chang-dong

Written by

Lee Chang-dong

Yoon Jeong-hee

Yoon Jeong-hee

Yang Mi-ja

David Lee

David Lee

Jong-wook

Kim Hee-ra

Kim Hee-ra

Elder Kang

Ahn Nae-sang

Ahn Nae-sang

Ki-beom's Father

K

Kim Yong-taek

Poet

Park Myung-shin

Park Myung-shin

Hee-jin's Mother

Jang Hye-jin

Jang Hye-jin

Mr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law

Court is in session

Put Poetry on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.