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.
the vibe
Poetry Vibe
What it feels like
slow-burnbittersweetintenselayeredseriouspersonalearnest
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Movie2010·139 min
Poetry
Directed by Lee Chang-dong
A drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 14%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.6/10
355 ratings
About Poetry
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Bittersweet (4 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Contemplative, Gritty
- Story Tags
- trauma recovery, grief and loss, fate destiny, music performance, south korea, urban, parent child, everyman, outsider misfit, slow burn reveal, tragedy arc