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Minari

2020 · Drama · Lee Isaac Chung · 1h 55m

A Korean family move to a patch of Arkansas farmland in the 1980s so the father can grow vegetables to sell, and the grandmother comes over to help. Gentle and slow, seen largely through the youngest boy.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Strongly character-driven
  • Clearly intimate
  • Clearly slow

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