Poetry
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.
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Cast
37 people
Yoon Jeong-hee
Yang Mi-ja
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David Lee
Jong-wook
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Squid Game
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Kim Min-jae
Detective Kim
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Peninsula
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Kim Hee-ra
Elder Kang
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Pursuit of Death
Ahn Nae-sang
Ki-beom's Father
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Hi Bye, Mama!
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Kim Yong-taek
Poet
Park Myung-shin
Hee-jin's Mother
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Train to Busan
Her Private Life
Jang Hye-jin
Mr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law
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True Beauty
Parasite
Kim Nam-jin
Soo-ok
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The Glory
Seoul Station
Kim Jong-goo
Park Sang-tae
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Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
My Secret Romance
Kim Hye-jung
Jo Mi-hye
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Vincenzo
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Min Bok-gi
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Extracurricular
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Lee Chang-dong Director · Kim Hyun-seok Cinematographer Kim Hyun Editor
Worldwide gross $350K · United States release February 11, 2011 · Produced in South Korea
Box office
Worldwide gross
$349,899
Production
UniKorea Pictures
Production
Pinehouse Film
Production
Next Entertainment World
Production
South Korea
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Languages
Original title
시
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · May 13, 2010
Theatrical
United States · February 11, 2011
Theatrical
Brazil
September 24, 2010 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
October 22, 2010 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
February 25, 2011 · Theatrical
France
May 19, 2010 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
August 25, 2010 · Theatrical
January 5, 2011 · Physical
Germany
October 1, 2010 · Premiere · Hamburg Film Festival
Japan
November 28, 2010 · Digital
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