Elderly Mija works as a caregiver and looks after her insolent teenage grandson, Wook. When she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease, Mija is compelled to enroll in a local poetry class, only to be mired in a shocking crime involving Wook shortly after. Simultaneously tender and brutal, POETRY is an extraordinary vision of both human empathy and savagery which won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Content consideration: contains themes of sexual assault.