We’ve got a wonderful trailer here for you to watch for an upcoming inspiring film titled Minari. The movie was a big hit at Sundance this year as it won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to see the film while I was there, it was a hard one to find a ticket to. But I heard nothing but great things and I can’t wait to see it.
The film comes from Korean-American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung, and the film is described as a “tender and sweeping story about what roots us.” The story follows a “Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother Soonja. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, Minari shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.”
The director of the film actually grew up in rural Arkansas, so this is a personal story for him. The movie also has a great cast that includes Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) as the father, Alan S. Kim, who plays his young boy named David, Yari Han as his wife Monica, Yuh-Jung Youn as grandma, with Will Patton, Noel Cho, Scott Haze, Eric Starkey, and Esther Moon.
A24 will release Minari in select theaters either late this year or early next year.