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Minari

2020 film directed by Lee Isaac Chung

Minari is a 2020 film about a Korean American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

Directed and written by Lee Isaac Chung.
A timeless story of what roots us.

Jacob Yi

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  • Americans... Believing that nonsense! David. Korean people use their heads. Okay? We use our minds.
  • David? Never pay for anything you can find for free.

Monica Yi

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  • But Jacob... Things might be fine now. But I don't think they will stay that way. I know this won't end well, and I can't bear it. I've lost my faith in you. I can't do this anymore.

Soon-ja

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  • Minari is truly the best. It grows anywhere, like weeds. So anyone can pick and eat it. Rich or poor, anyone can enjoy it and be healthy. Minari can be put in kimchi, put in stew, put in soup. It can be medicine if you are sick. Minari is wonderful, wonderful!
  • You're crying again? Because of anchovies?
  • Stop, David! Leave it alone! It might crawl away and hide! David. It's better to see it than to have it hide. Things that hide are more dangerous and scary.
  • I'll try to be a real grandma from now on.
  • Who cares if I drank a little pee? It was fun!
  • Getting hurt is all part of growing up.
  • The wind is blowing and the minari is bowing. They're saying thank you very much!

Dialogue

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Soon-ja: Penis broken!
David: It's not called a penis, it's called a ding-dong!
Jacob: They need to see me succeed at something for once.
Monica: For what? Isn't it more important for them to see us together?
Jacob: You go ahead and do what you want. Even if I fail, I have to finish what I started.
Jacob: Remember what we said when we got married? That we'd move to America and save each other?
Monica: I remember.
David: There's a Korea smell! Grandma smells like Korea!
Anne: You've never even been to Korea!
Monica: I'm sorry you have to see how our life is now.
Soon-ja: Why? Because the house has wheels? It's fun!
David: What's that?
Jacob: That? Male chicks are discarded there.
David: What is 'discarded'?
Jacob: That's a difficult word, huh? Male chicks don't taste good. They can't lay eggs and have no use. So, you and I should try to be useful. Okay?
Monica: She doesn't look like a grandma? Oh! Really?
Soon-ja: What a good boy! I'll give you a present for that compliment!
Soonja: We should plant some minari. It'll grow well down by the creek.
Jacob: I'll think about it.
Soonja: What's there to think about? I'll just plant it.
Jacob: Come here. Look. Take a look at this. Look at the dirt. Look at the color. This is why I picked this place.
Monica: Because of the dirt color?
Jacob: This is the best dirt in America.
Soon-ja: Here. Try some.
David: I don't want it.
Monica: Drink it. Grandma brought it from Korea.
Soon-ja: That's it!
David: I don't want it.
Monica: It's expensive. Drink it all. Good! Such a good boy!
David: Grandma...
Soon-ja: Yeah?
David: In the future, never, ever bring this again.
Monica: Stop, David. You'll drink one cup every day.
Anne: We shouldn't be so far out here. David.
Soon-ja: It's fine! Just a little further. This would be a great place.
Anne: Grandma. We shouldn't be here because of the snakes.
Soon-ja: Do you even know what minari is? You stupid Americans. I brought some minari seeds from Korea. We can plant them right over there.
David: I'm going down.
Anne: David!
Soonja: The minari will grow well here.
Anne: David, come up here now! I'm telling Mom.
Jacob: This is how you farm in America. Why are you laughing?
Monica: So, it's not a garden. It's a farm.
Jacob: Garden, farm, it's all the same. Just think of it as growing money.

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