- dir. Lee Chang-Dong
- year. 2010
- country. South Korea
- run-time. 133 mins
- rating. 12
£5.00 (£3.50 conc.)
Film 8:00PM
In a deeply affecting central performance Yun Junghee playsYang Mija who works as a carer for a disabled man and also raises her grandson alone. She has to endure the onset of Alzheimer's disease and learns that her grandson was one of the attackers of a junior high school girl who committed suicide.
Through all of this and to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a poet she enrolls in a class and begins to write.
Poetry is widely regarded of one of the best films of the twenty-first century.
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“Remarkable”
“Disarmingly powerful”
“Witty, affecting and very intelligent”
“Winner of Best Screenplay”