SAINT OF FORT WASHINGTON

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Synopsis:

An elderly lady in her 60's Yang Mija (played by Yun Jeong-Hee) works as a carer for a disabled man and she also raises her grandson alone. She has to endure the onset of Alzheimer's disease and also learns that her grandson was one of the attackers of a junior high school girl that committed suicide. Through all of this and to fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a poet the elderly woman starts to take a poetry class and starts writing. Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Lee Chang-dong's follow-up to his acclaimed Secret Sunshine is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment and moral compass of an older woman that refuses to give up on life.

Details

Director(s):
Chang-Dong Lee
Runtime:
103
Certification:
15
Production Year:
2010
Cinema Date:
29/07/2011
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Cast:
Nae-Sang Ahn, Hira Kim, Jeong-Hee Yoon