Publisher's Synopsis
Chang-dong Lee directs this Korean drama about a grandmother desperately trying to hold onto beauty and meaning in the face of deteriorating health and family problems. Jeong-hie Yun stars as Mija, a grandmother in her late 60s who is struggling to bring up her teenage grandson Wook (Da-wit Lee) on her own while also entering the early stages of Alzheimer's. When she discovers that her grandson is one of the perpetrators of a serious crime, Mija is at a loss how to react, and ends up enrolling in a poetry class in an attempt to find some strength, purpose and meaning in her life.
