Poetry
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Lee Chang-dong
- Stars: Jeong-hie Yun
- Rate: ****
A lengthy Korean drama about a sexagenarian coping with a delinquent grandson and her own health crisis through a long-lost desire to write, Poetry displays filmmaker Lee Chang-dong’s proficiency for capturing the heartbreaking subtlety of ordinary lives. Well-acted and emotionally provoking, Poetry may be gradual but it is gratifying in the end.