Poetry

A grandmother with early-stage Alzheimer's, caring for her troubled grandson, is challenged, for the first time in her life, to write a poem. As she searches for beauty in everyday life, she is forced to confront a harsh reality far removed from her imagination, and begins to realise that life may not be as beautiful as she once believed…

Digitally restored copy

Duration: 139’
Production year: 2010
Country: KR, FR
Language: KO Subtitles: PT

Upcoming sessions

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Culturgest

Small Auditorium

Cannes Film Festival 2010 — Best Screenplay, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Special Mention
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2010

Lee Chang-dong

Born in Daegu in 1954, Lee Chang-dong is one of the most acclaimed South Korean filmmakers and novelists. After beginning his literary career in 1983, he turned to cinema in his forties, working first as a screenwriter and assistant director before making his directorial debut with Green Fish (1997). He went on to direct Peppermint Candy (1999), Oasis (2002), Secret Sunshine (2007), Poetry (2010) and Burning (2018), earning international acclaim and major awards. Oasis won the Silver Lion for Best Director at Venice Film Festival, while Secret Sunshine received the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for Jeon Do-yeon. From 2003 to 2004, Lee Chang-dong served as South Korea’s Minister of Culture and Tourism. His films explore isolation, desire, grief and social inequality through deeply compassionate portraits of individuals caught in moments of personal and historical upheaval. After an eight-year hiatus, he returned to cinema with Possible Love (2026), presented in Competition at Venice, where it received the Grand Jury Prize.