CinemaOSMovie · 2010 · 2h 19m
Poetry
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A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

Directed byLee Chang-dong

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 19m
Language
KO
Released
May 13, 2010
Revenue
$349,899
Studios
Pinehouse FilmUniKorea Pictures

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2 videos
Trailer [Subtitled]

Trailer [Subtitled]

Official UK Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Yoon Jeong-hee

Yoon Jeong-hee

Yang Mi-ja

David Lee

David Lee

Jong-wook

Kim Hee-ra

Kim Hee-ra

Elder Kang

Ahn Nae-sang

Ahn Nae-sang

Ki-beom's Father

Kim Yong-taek

Poet

Park Myung-shin

Park Myung-shin

Hee-jin's Mother

Jang Hye-jin

Jang Hye-jin

Mr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law

Kim Nam-jin

Kim Nam-jin

Soo-ok

Kim Jong-goo

Kim Jong-goo

Park Sang-tae

Kim Hye-jung

Kim Hye-jung

Jo Mi-hye

Creative team
Directed by
Lee Chang-dong
Lee Chang-dong
Written by
Lee Chang-dong
Lee Chang-dong
Produced by
Lee Joon-dong
Lee Joon-dong

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