Poetry(Shi)
Dir: Lee Chang-dong
South Korea/France, 2010, Korean, 139mins, DCP
Cast: Yoon Jeong-hee, Lee Da-wit
The late veteran actress Yoon Jeong-hee – star of such classic films as Kim Soo-yong’s Mist (1967) – came out of retirement to star in Poetry and play Mi-ja, a grandmother and part-time caregiver herself suffering from the onset of Alzheimer’s who must come to terms with her teenaged grandson’s involvement in a gang rape that led to the young victim’s suicide. Pressured by the parents of the other perpetrators to take part in an outof- court settlement, Mi-ja can only find solace in a poetry class offered by the local community centre. Following Secret Sunshine, Lee once again gives us a strongly characterised female protagonist while contemplating crime and punishment in a small-town setting from an oblique perspective.
Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay Award
Grand Bell Awards: Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor
22/12 (Fri) Speaker: Dr. Fiona Law (Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong)
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
The Tapestry of Suffering – The Cinema of Lee Chang-dong
Full House 2023-12-22 (Fri)
20:00Buy Ticket 2023-12-23 (Sat)
16:45
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
K11 Art House
Broadway Hollywood
Hong Kong Film Archive
Festival Grand Cinema
The Grand Cinema
Cine Moko
MOViE MOViE
The Metroplex
the sky
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Arts Centre Shouson Theatre
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
The HKFYG Jockey Club Media 21
CINE FAN ONLINE
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Meet the audience
Post-screening discussion with the director
Post-screening talk
Assigned seating
Full House