Poetry (DVD)

Directed by Lee Chang-dong

Release Year: 2010

Running Time: 139

UPC: 7 38329 07102 8

Color Type: Color

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean with optional English subtitles [audio]

Genres: World Cinema, Drama, Cannes Film Festival, RT Certified Fresh

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Cast

Wook Lee David
Mija Yun Jung-hee

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Writer Lee Chang-dong
Directed by Lee Chang-dong

Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Poetry is an "achingly exquisite portrait" (Philadelphia Inquirer) of a woman's brave fight against Alzheimer's, and against her guilt over a relative's brutal crime.

This highly acclaimed Korean drama (100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) showcases a performance of "surpassing delicacy" (Los Angeles Times) by Yun Jung-hee, who was voted as her country's greatest actress in a public poll. She plays Mija, an aging part-time maid and full-time guardian of her apathetic grandson. Concerned by her frequent forgetfulness, she takes a poetry class at the local arts center to sharpen her mind. She begins to appreciate the wonders of the natural world, but a schoolgirl's suicide initiates a chain of tragic events that will change her life forever.

Directed with skill and subtlety by Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine), Poetry is a "nearly perfect movie" (Boston Globe) about the power of art to bear witness to both sublime beauty and the violent truths that lie hidden in the hearts of men.

DVD Extras Include:

Making Of Documentary
Interview with Actor Ahn Nae-sang
Trailers
Stills Gallery
Presented in 5.1 Surround Sound

"An extraordinary vision of human empathy." - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"Grade: A. Exquisite." - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"Beautiful and moving...A masterpiece." - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

Official Selection: Cannes (Best Screenplay), Telluride, Toronto, New York
Best Actress Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award

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