Minari

Director: Lee Isaac Chung

2020 / 114min / DCP

Chung’s tender and at times heart-wrenching semi-autobiographical family drama, an early ’80s-set Asian American answer to Willa Cather’s pioneer tales, focuses on a family of South Korean immigrants who relocate from California to Arkansas’s rugged Ozarks as father Jacob (Steven Yeun) pursues his dream of building a prosperous farm. “Chung’s touch is careful and precise. Everything is weighed. Nothing is wasted… In its circumspect, gentle way, moving and downright revelatory.”—The New York Times

Part of Mid-Autumn Movies