Pouring Praise on 'Poetry' and Yoon Jung-hee in Cannes
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In France, where the 63rd Cannes Film Festival is being held, people in the international movie industry are showing a tremendous response to the movie "Poetry", which is directed by Lee Chang-dong and stars Yoon Jung-hee.
After the press preview had finished on May 19 (local time), the foreign press and important world-renowned movie websites have given favorable comments on the movie "Poetry" and there are even predictions that "Poetry" might achieve something big.
Agence France-Press wrote an article entitled "Korean cocktail of crime and poetry stuns Cannes". In the article, it reported the atmosphere of Cannes by saying, "An unlikely brew of teenage gang-rape and poetry stirred Cannes and firmed Asia's shot at the festival's top prize as Korean director Lee Chang-dong's "Poetry" screened".
The press continued, "A classic morality tale, the 140-minute movie dazzled hardened Cannes critics, strengthening the hand of the powerful contingent of Asian films competing for the Palme d'Or".
The article evaluated that director Lee Chang-dong has portrayed one side of the lives of Koreans in the movie and elevated the movie to a higher grade when he cast Yoon Jung-hee --"a doyenne in the Korean movie industry"-- who made a comeback after 16 years.
Film industry news provider "Screen Daily" also evaluated the movie by saying, ""Poetry" is director Lee Chang-dong's quietest and most thematically complete film to date". It continued, "The movie "Poetry" charts a grandmother's attempt to write a single poem, while she deals with a failing body and mind, and the terrible consequences of her teenage grandson's irresponsibility".
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Actress Yoon Jung-hee and director Lee Chang-dong attended the preview of "Poetry"
After the press preview had finished on May 19 (local time), the foreign press and important world-renowned movie websites have given favorable comments on the movie "Poetry" and there are even predictions that "Poetry" might achieve something big.
Agence France-Press wrote an article entitled "Korean cocktail of crime and poetry stuns Cannes". In the article, it reported the atmosphere of Cannes by saying, "An unlikely brew of teenage gang-rape and poetry stirred Cannes and firmed Asia's shot at the festival's top prize as Korean director Lee Chang-dong's "Poetry" screened".
The press continued, "A classic morality tale, the 140-minute movie dazzled hardened Cannes critics, strengthening the hand of the powerful contingent of Asian films competing for the Palme d'Or".
The article evaluated that director Lee Chang-dong has portrayed one side of the lives of Koreans in the movie and elevated the movie to a higher grade when he cast Yoon Jung-hee --"a doyenne in the Korean movie industry"-- who made a comeback after 16 years.
Film industry news provider "Screen Daily" also evaluated the movie by saying, ""Poetry" is director Lee Chang-dong's quietest and most thematically complete film to date". It continued, "The movie "Poetry" charts a grandmother's attempt to write a single poem, while she deals with a failing body and mind, and the terrible consequences of her teenage grandson's irresponsibility".
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Actress Yoon Jung-hee and director Lee Chang-dong attended the preview of "Poetry"
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