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Mija lives in a small city by the Han River with her teenage grandson. When she discovers her grandson's part in the gang-rape and suicide of a Catholic school girl, Mija takes up poetry classes to explore her inner world while her outer world is collapsing on her. A Cannes Film Festival winner and favourite, Lee Chang-dong's Poetry is raw and unsentimental and features a masterclass performance by Jeong-Hie Yun as Mija at its centre.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Touching film surrounding a grandmother and her wayward grandson. Sensing she is slowing losing her mental faculties she strives to compose a poem and the right words against the knowledge of what her grandson has committed. Beautifully poignant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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As a lover of World Cinema and having had a few poems of my own published here and there, South Korea's 'Poetry' was always going to be a double treat for me.
The film's beauty is that it's not just about poetry but how that it can fit into everyday lives and help folk the see the inner beauty that it brings. Mija (an excellent Jeong-he Yun) a 66 year old woman, suffering the onset of Alzheimers, sees the simple beauty in an apple and of fallen apricots on the ground.
She gets this after starting poetry classes and whilst she fails to get her 'poetic awakening', she sets herself the target of writing just one poem.
Considering that this gentle, graceful lady is bringing up a teenage grandson who has committed a serious crime and as a job cares part-time for an elderly stroke victim these poetical leanings are a soothing diversion for both us - and her. (She's not bad at badminton, either!) It's actually the way the film contrasts several issues, the modern contemporary ones that give the film its backbone, the age difference clashes with the grandson and the lyrical - but unsentimental - softer side and you get a modest and modern masterpiece.
Avoid if only Iron Man 2 can move you. But if you have a heart, one where a soul and emotion can flourish and you enjoy a well acted, straightforward modern film - wherever in the world that it might come from - then 'Poetry' has a wide and worthwhile appeal.
The film's beauty is that it's not just about poetry but how that it can fit into everyday lives and help folk the see the inner beauty that it brings. Mija (an excellent Jeong-he Yun) a 66 year old woman, suffering the onset of Alzheimers, sees the simple beauty in an apple and of fallen apricots on the ground.
She gets this after starting poetry classes and whilst she fails to get her 'poetic awakening', she sets herself the target of writing just one poem.
Considering that this gentle, graceful lady is bringing up a teenage grandson who has committed a serious crime and as a job cares part-time for an elderly stroke victim these poetical leanings are a soothing diversion for both us - and her. (She's not bad at badminton, either!) It's actually the way the film contrasts several issues, the modern contemporary ones that give the film its backbone, the age difference clashes with the grandson and the lyrical - but unsentimental - softer side and you get a modest and modern masterpiece.
Avoid if only Iron Man 2 can move you. But if you have a heart, one where a soul and emotion can flourish and you enjoy a well acted, straightforward modern film - wherever in the world that it might come from - then 'Poetry' has a wide and worthwhile appeal.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a wonderful film. It is very moving and thought provoking.As an introduction to Korean films this would be an excellent starting place.
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Beautiful film , great acting ,as an aside anybody who has lived with a teenager will understand how great the standard of acting by supporting players give. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D.R.McBride
A truly beautiful film and so sad.
This film is truly beautiful. It's beginning is haunting and the way each part comes together is both wonderful and thought provoking. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Viv
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