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Released
2010 · FILM

Poetry

A woman in her sixties battling early-stage Alzheimer's finds solace in writing poetry, even as she confronts the devastating consequences of her grandson's violent crime.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
139 min
Language
KO
Drama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she deals with her declining memory and the troubling misdeeds of her grandson.

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Hyun KimShot by Hyun Seok KimDesigned by Jum Hee Shin

Box Office

2010 · Box office

Grossed $350K worldwide

Worldwide gross

$350K

Worldwide gross$350K

Also known as

  • Poetryde
  • Poetryen
  • Poesíaes
  • ko

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