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Released 16 years ago.
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Poetry
2010 2h 19m KO
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BANGER
★7.6TMDB · 354
Drama
Synopsis
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A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Yoon Jeong-hee
Yang Mi-ja
David Lee
Jong-wook
Kim Hee-ra
Elder Kang
Ahn Nae-sang
Ki-beom's Father
Kim Yong-taek
Poet
Park Myung-shin
Hee-jin's Mother
Jang Hye-jin
Mr. Kang's Second Daughter-in-Law
Kim Nam-jin
Soo-ok
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Lee Chang-dong
- Writers
- Lee Chang-dong
- Languages
- Korean
- Countries
- South Korea
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Lee Chang-dong, shot by Kim Hyun-seok. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Kim Hyun shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Yoon Jeong-hee and David Lee and Kim Hee-ra carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1287878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Lee Chang-dong directs. Kim Hyun-seok behind the camera. Kim Hyun cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 16 years ago.
- 2Directed by Lee Chang-dong, shot by Kim Hyun-seok. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Kim Hyun shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Yoon Jeong-hee and David Lee and Kim Hee-ra carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt1287878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Classified under 10 themes, including "poetry", "tv addicted person", "bridge", "alzheimer's disease".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Kim Hyun-seok
- Editing
- Kim Hyun
- Production design
- Shin Jeom-hee
- Costume design
- Yi Choong-yun
- Makeup / hair
- Hwang Hyun-gyu
- Runtime
- 139 min · 2h 19m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $349,899
- Original language
- KO
- IMDB
- Poetry (2010)
Also by
Lee Chang-dong
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- UN
UniKorea Pictures
KR
Pinehouse Film
KR
Key crew
- Executive ProducerChoi Seong-min
- Executive ProducerYoum Tae-soon
- EditorKim Hyun
- Costume DesignYi Choong-yun
- Script SupervisorLee Mi-rang
- ColoristLee Hye-min
- Digital ColoristKim Hyung-shek
- Special Effects SupervisorKim Gwang-su
- Production DesignShin Jeom-hee
- ProducerLee Joon-dong
- Co-ProducerLee Dong-ha
- Sound MixerHan Myung-hwan
- Makeup & HairHwang Hyun-gyu
- Assistant DirectorPark Jung-bum
- Co-Executive ProducerJung Myung-soo
- Co-Executive ProducerLee Seung-ho
- Co-Executive ProducerMichel Saint-Jean
- SoundLee Seung-chul
- Lighting TechnicianKim Bada
- ColoristLee Yong-ki
- Line ProducerYun Chang-suk
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- poetry
- tv addicted person
- bridge
- alzheimer's disease
- caretaker
- teenage rape
- poetry teacher
- old woman
- badminton
- grandmother grandson relationship
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2011-02-11
Also known as
International titles
- ShiKR
- Poesía para el almaAR
- PoiisiGR
- ShîkaJP
- 诗情CN
- poetryUS
- PoesiaBR
- ポエトリー アグネスのうたJP
- ŞeirAZ
