Cinema Abroad
Poetry
Sponsored by:
Clyde Coffee
Clyde Coffee
Hosted by:
Missoula Writing Collaborative
Missoula Writing Collaborative
Clyde Coffee and The Roxy Theater are thrilled to present Cinema Abroad, a series of classic and contemporary foreign films.
Kind-hearted Mija (Yun Jung-hee) is tasked with raising her troubled teenage grandson, Jong-wook, while her daughter works in far-off Busan. In denial that her abilities as a caregiver are threatened by the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Mija begins to study poetry writing at the local cultural center. At first she finds inspiration in the beauty of the natural world, but then, when Jong-wook is mired in a shocking scandal, Mija taps into newfound depths of disappointment and pain.
Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival, Lee Chang-dong's Poetry is a “tour de force” that presents an “extraordinary vision of human empathy” (The New York Times). Presented in a new 4K restoration.
Sponsored by Clyde Coffee! Presented in collaboration with the Missoula Writing Collaborative!
Kind-hearted Mija (Yun Jung-hee) is tasked with raising her troubled teenage grandson, Jong-wook, while her daughter works in far-off Busan. In denial that her abilities as a caregiver are threatened by the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Mija begins to study poetry writing at the local cultural center. At first she finds inspiration in the beauty of the natural world, but then, when Jong-wook is mired in a shocking scandal, Mija taps into newfound depths of disappointment and pain.
Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival, Lee Chang-dong's Poetry is a “tour de force” that presents an “extraordinary vision of human empathy” (The New York Times). Presented in a new 4K restoration.
Sponsored by Clyde Coffee! Presented in collaboration with the Missoula Writing Collaborative!
Cast: Yun Jeong-hie, Lee Da-wit, Kim Hee-ra
Director: Lee Chang-dong
Written by: Lee Chang-dong
Duration: 139 min
Released: 2010
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Korean
Subtitles: SUB
Country: South Korea