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THE POET AND THE BOY (2017)
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Director KIM Yang-hee Year 2017 Status Completed Genre drama Starring YANG Ik-june, JEON Hye-jin, JUNG Ga-ram Running Time 110 min. Country of Production Korea Festival & Awards 2017 Jeonju International Film Festival - Jeonju Cinema Project
2017 Toronto International Film Festival - Discovery
2017 Tokyo International Film Festival - World Focus
2018 Göteborg Film Festival - New Voices
2018 Seattle International Film Festival - Asian Crossroads, Contemporary World Cinema
2018 Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
2018 Gender Bender festival - Special Mention - Fiction film category of the Young Film Critics AwardSynopsis A poet in his late 30s, who has spent all his life in Jeju Island, lives off his sturdy wife. Despite his wife's constant nagging about his inability as a breadwinner, all he does is thinking about and writing poetry. One day, the poet meets a teenage boy working at a donut shop and helplessly develops feelings he has never had before. Reviews - REVIEW SELECT -Trailer Stills 
