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Poetry, Poem movie

dense waters of a river. Children playing in the margins. Something is brought by the currents: the body of a girl in school clothes. Emerges slowly in the exotic spelling title: Poetry.

The opening poses the central question: how to find poetry in the face of a brutal reality? You can read the synopses and comments that this film deals with South Korea, winner of best screenplay at Cannes in 2010: a sweet smiling lady who works from home is part of a course in poetry. With initial symptoms of Alzheimer's, cares for a teenage grandson and alienated in a relationship with her daughter via cell phone. Live the contradiction between the desire to write poetry and the need to solve a family problem abominable.

The background of 'Poetry' is a socio-anthropological hard, in which the loneliness of old age, the disease, the distance between generations and people, loss of values \u200b\u200band Food Supply is the tonic. Director Lee Chang-dong tells us, "I thought, I reflected and came to the obvious answer. Poetry is our response for we do not understand is how we get some beauty when things around us are ugly, complicated "

.* Do not go, like me, waiting for a movie to relax, light and cute. It's a drama. But those whose effect is prolonged. Nothing emotional outbursts of traditional American films specialized in producing laughter, fears and tears easy and brief. This is a story written with lightness, simplicity, tinged with layers of contradictory feelings and subtle that add up and will continue to reverberate in the next day and after. The director explains, "I like simple themes and complex stories of hope and a certain disposition of the spectator (...) I do not think that my movies can be viewed in its complete sense on a computer screen. Others may be able to."
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Do not be fooled by the simplicity of photography, the actors, the city: it is a universal drama singular-exposed in a masterly manner. Oh, and some light snacks and water (the movie is long and slow), a cardigan and watch with eyes full: "Poetry."

* Folha.com

Claudia Felix

Credits: original title: Shi - directing and screenplay: Lee Chang-dong - production: Lee Jun-dong - photo: Hyun Seok Kim - edition: Hyun Kim - Release year: 2010 - country: South Korea - the official site: http://diaphana.fr/film / poetry - http://www.kino.com/poetry/ - Awards: Best Roadmap CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - 2010