Poetry

  • Cast

    Yoon Jeong-hee, Lee Da-wit, Kim Hee-ra, An Nae-sang

  • Runtime

    135 mins

  • Cert

    15

Mi-ja lives along the Han River with her
teenage grandson in a small suburban city. She is a dandy old lady who
likes to dress up in flower-decorated
hats and fashionable outfits, but has
an unpredictable attitude and inquisi-
tive mind. On a whim Mi-ja enrols into a
poetry class in the neighbourhood cultural centre and is challenged to write
a poem for the first time. Believing that
there is nothing in her life to inspire her
wish to write poems, she sets out on
a quest for poetic inspiration. Mi-ja becomes an observer of the everyday, the
beauty in the things that everyone takes
for granted. With this, Mi-ja is delightfully surprised that she has a newfound
excitement over discovering sights
and experiences as if for the first time.
But some unexpected news brings her
crashing down to a the harsh reality she had escaped. Mi-ja has to confront the
idea that perhaps life is not as beautiful
as she had thought.

Filmmaker Lee Chang-dong has
written and directed a slew of award
winning films including, Green Fish,
Oasis, Secret Sunshine
and Peppermint
Candy
. A number of these films have
focused on the incredible performances of its female leads with Moon So-ri
and Jeon Do-yeon winning accolades
around the world. Poetry is no different
with a subtle yet stirring performance
from actress Yun Jung-hee as the aspiring poet battling against a stark reality.