Poetry
- Director: Lee Chang-dong
- Writer: Lee Chang-dong
- Cast: Yoon Hee-Jeong, Da-wit Lee
- Theatrical Release Date: February 11, 2011 7:41 AM
- Criticwire: B+
Synopsis: A profound story of an elderly woman in search of the fundamental poetry from her life. Aside from being sentenced with an Alzheimer’s disease, she faces another dilemma when her teen-aged grandson who is under her care is found to be one of the assaulters of a girl from his junior-high school who had committed suicide.
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REVIEW | Solace in Verse: Lee Chang-dong's "Poetry"
Korean director Lee Chang-dong generally displays an interest in outspoken characters suffering from irrevocable loss. His latest feature, "Poetry," continues that trend with a moving portrait of creative discovery and the pressures of age. Yung Jungee plays the 66-year-old Mija, a gentle woman copi...
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1 Comment
ChristyWritesLoveLyrics | October 31, 2011 3:22 AM
This article about masterful poetry is amaizngly insightful.. I cherish poems. One other poetry website i read a good amount is named Poetry-of the-day.com .