Poetry

Title: Poetry
Year: 2010
Running time: 2 hours, 19 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama
Director: LEE Chang-dong [이창동]
Cast:YUN Jeong-hui, LEE Da-uit (David), KIM Hui-ra, AN Nae-sang [윤정희, 이다윗, 김희라, 안내상]

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Awards
Cannes International Film Festival, 2010, Best Screenplay for Lee Chang-dong
Plot

A small town along the Han River in Kyunggi Province. Mi-ja lives alone with her grandson who is a middle school student in an rundown low-rent apartment. She is an unusual character who likes to decorate hats with flowers and dress up in colorful clothes. One day, Mi-ja happens to take up a 'poetry' course in a neighborhood cultural center and writes a poem for the first time in her entire life.

Everything that she had known all this time suddenly look new and make her tremble like a little girl. Sadly, an unexpected incident makes her realize that the world is not as beautiful as she thinks…