Product Information
A woman in the autumn of her years is prompted by art and circumstance to reexamine her life in this drama from director Lee Chang-dong. Yang Mija (Yun Jung-hee) is a charming and well-preserved woman in her mid-sixties who stays busy looking after her teenage grandson Wook (Lee David) and helping keep house for a gentleman friend older than herself. Yang Mija has been having trouble with her memory and has developed a new curiosity about creative self-expression, so she signs up for a class in writing poetry at a neighborhood community center, even though she"s never written verse before. Mija"s simple, contented existence is thrown into disarray by a pair of events -- she learns from her doctor that her memory troubles are the first symptoms of Alzheimer"s Disease, and Wook is believed to be part of a gang of thugs who severely beat and raped a girl who responded by committing suicide. As Mija faces a grim future, she"s uncertain about the notion of turning her grandson in to the police or raising money for a settlement that would keep him out of prison, and suddenly the beauty of the world seems a far more elusive concept.
Product Identifiers
EAN
5027035007366
Product Key Features
Actor
Nae-sang Ahn, Da-wit Lee, Jeong-hie Yun, Hira Kim
Director
Chang-dong Lee
Certificate
12A/12
Format
Blu-ray
Language
English
Release Year
2011
Genre
Drama, General
Additional Product Features
Reviews
Daily Telegraph - What makes Poetry so involving is that it"s never clear how the story will be resolved., Time Out London - Anyone who starts a film going to poetry classes is eventually going to come up with a poem. The one Mija finally delivers will rip your heart to shreds., Guardian UK - It is a picture of something inexpressibly gentle and sad, something heartbreaking and absolutely normal, but something stirred up by a violent, alien incursion.
Number of Discs
1
Consumer Advice
Contains one use of strong language, moderate sex and sex references
Movie/TV Title
Poetry
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Run Time
133 mins
Country/Region of Manufacture
China
Editor
Hyun Kim
Writer
Chang-dong Lee
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