

Poetry
2010-05-13 · 139 min · ★ 7.6
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.
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- Directors
- Lee Chang-dong
- Production companies
- UniKorea Pictures, Pinehouse Film
- Countries
- South Korea
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 349,899
Top Cast
Yoon Jeong-heeYang Mi-ja
David LeeJong-wook
Kim Hee-raElder Kang
Ahn Nae-sangKi-beom's Father
Park Myung-shinHee-jin's Mother
Jang Hye-jinMr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law
Kim Nam-jinSoo-ok
Kim Jong-gooPark Sang-tae
Kim Hye-jungJo Mi-hye
Min Bok-giSoon-jeong's Father
Kim Ja-youngBus Woman
Kim Gye-sunSupermarket Woman
Park Hyun-wooWook's Friend
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