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Poetry
Everyone wanted to pay the problem away. She was the only one who kept looking at it.
Who it's for
Poetry takes a situation few films touch: discovering that someone you love and are raising has taken part in a terrible harm, while everyone around you wants it quietly settled.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Poetry is a 2010 South Korean drama written and directed by Lee Chang-dong, starring Yoon Jeong-hee as Mi-ja, a woman in her sixties who raises her teenage grandson and works part-time caring for an elderly stroke patient. After having memory lapses she joins a community poetry class and begins trying to observe the world around her.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A girl's suicide after sexual violence.
Age: Not rated in US (suggested 16+)
What's done cannot be undone.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1
