Many of you have heard about Lee Chang Dong, a Korean Film Director. He started his career as a novelist. His novels are very popular in Korea. Then like our M.T Vasudhevan Nair, he turned towards writing scripts for cinema. He wrote script for one of the best political films ever produced in Korea - A Single Spark, directed by master film maker Park Kwang-su. He then became a film director. All his films are based on extremely sensitive stories. Peppermint Candy and Oasis were my favorite Lee Chang Dong movies till last year. This year he has presented an amazing cinematic work- POETRY, which is one my favorite Korean movies ever produced in Korean Language.
"Poetry" is about an old lady. Her dream is to write one poem before she dies. She is staying with her grand son in a small town. One day she finds that cultural center in her city is organising a part-time course on "How to write Poetry". She joins the course and tries very hard to write a poem. She was not able to remember words and medical check up shows that she has alzheimer's disease. She can't remember words but she wants to write poetry.
Parallel to this storyline there are many other incidents happening in her life. Her grand son who is a high school boy gets into a rape case and the rape victim suicides. She has to give a large amount of compensation to the victim's mother to settle the case. She is a housemaid, how can she make such a huge sum? Moreover her grand son does not have any guilty feeling about the crime. The film leads us to personal tragedies of the lady. The film has an excellent climax.
This year the film got best screen play award in Cannes Film Festival. Must see film....
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