Screening
Poetry

Part of Korean Cinema Showcase (2011)
Sunday, January 23, 2011, 4:00 p.m.

Preview screening courtesy of Kino International

Dir. Lee Chang-dong. 2010, 139 mins.

A mysterious death and the story of a woman in her sixties who enrolls in a poetry class just as she is plagued by the onset of Alzheimer’s disease are at the core of the highly acclaimed new film by Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine). This multilayered drama won the Best Screenplay award in 2010 at Cannes, and features an indelible central performance by Yun Jung-hee.


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Trailer for Poetry