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- 2011
- TV-PG
- Film Movement
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- 2011
- TV-PG
- Film Movement
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Summary A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class. Lee Chang-dong's follow-up to his acclaimed Secret Sunshine is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment — and moral compass — of an indefatigable older woman. [Kino International]
Directed By: Lee Chang-dong
Written By: Lee Chang-dong
- 2011
- TV-PG
- Film Movement
- 2 h 19 m
- 2011
- TV-PG
- Film Movement
- 2 h 19 m
Poetry
7.9
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Summary A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class. Lee Chang-dong's follow-up to his acclaimed Secret Sunshine is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment — and moral compass — of an indefatigable older woman. [Kino International]
Directed By: Lee Chang-dong
Written By: Lee Chang-dong
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Daring in the ways only quiet, unhurried but finally haunting films have the courage to be. A character study of remarkable subtlety joined to a carefully worked-out plot that fearlessly explores big issues like beauty, truth and mortality, it marks the further emergence of Korean writer-director Lee Chang-dong.
This is a movie whose power comes from the alignment both of Mija's discovery with ours and of a tremendous writer and director with his star.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 48 User Ratings
7.9
83% Positive
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6% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 48 User Ratings
7.9
83% Positive
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
10% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
6% Negative
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My personal favorite film of 2011 along with A **** movie,itself, facinated me in every aspects by providing one of the most stunningly beautiful and profoundly inspiring storyline. The acting was perfectly crafted and truly deserved an acheivement by winning The Best Screen play Award in Festival De Cannes. An unforgettable film.
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i don't know hangul, but the way the poem in the ending was translated into english, it was beautiful. it tells a lot about dementia and old age, helplessness, kindness, famaily, morality and poetry. amazing woman.
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It may go without saying that Poetry adopts a lyrical tone, but this forms the crux of its appeal. In this case, the title says it all.
Whenever all the pieces are in place, though, Lee reverts to the kind of storytelling he does best.
It is a picture of something inexpressibly gentle and sad, something heartbreaking and absolutely normal, but something stirred up by a violent, alien incursion. Something lands with an almighty splash in this calm millpond of melancholy regret.
Calmer and less shattering than his masterly psychodrama "Secret Sunshine" (2007), Poetry is a deceptively gentle tale with a tender ache at its center, as well as a performance from Yun Jung-hee that lingers long in the memory.
It comes together neatly, perhaps too neatly to be … poetry. But it's not prosaic, either. It has a lucid grace.
It deserves 9/10. Even if you think that you don't like poetry you'll love this film. The director Lee Chang-dong finds beauty in a film that deals mostly with tragic elements.
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Simple and touching yet boring and impossible to relate. Even if it´s surprising to cope with a film whose main characters are middle class Asians. Still the film can not escape from it´s clichÃs. Nothing innovative, nothing special..Can´t help but underline that ¨Lyrical¨ is not the word. The word is "overweening". Restrain yourselves a bit...Lyrical and pompous enough to satiate Renaissance!
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just terrible, terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,just terrible,just terrible, terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,terrible,just terrible
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Production Company
UniKorea Pictures,
Pine House Film,
Diaphana Distribution,
KT Capital Corporation,
KTB Capital,
Next Entertainment World (NEW)
Release Date Feb 11, 2011
Duration 2 h 19 m
Rating TV-PG
Genres
Website
http://diaphana.fr/film/poetry
Awards
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Baek Sang Art Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
