Screen/Society--Cine-East--"Poetry" (Lee Chang-dong, S. Korea)

Film Screening: "Poetry" (Chang-dong Lee, 2010, 139 min, South Korea, in Korean w/ English subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray)/ A sixty-something woman, faced with a crippling medical diagnosis and the discovery of a heinous family crime, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class. Lee Chang-dong's follow-up to his acclaimed "Secret Sunshine" is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment and moral compass of an elderly woman./ --"A tour de force of emotional complexity that builds through restraint and, like Mr. Lee's unadorned visual style, earns rather than demands your attention.¿ ¿ Manohla Dargis, New York Times / Trailer: https://youtu.be/fo2dfY317-k / Co-sponsored by the Korea Forum.