Poetry(2010)
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.
Movie: Poetry
Top 10 Billed Cast
Yang Mi-ja
Jong-wook
Elder Kang
Ki-beom's Father
Hee-jin's Mother
Mr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law
Soo-ok
Park Sang-tae
Jo Mi-hye
Video Trailer Poetry
Video: Official UK Trailer
Official UK Trailer
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Trailer [Subtitled]
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