The Poet and the Boy 2017 123movies

Watch: 시인의 사랑 2017 123movies, Full Movie Online – A married poet in South Korea falls for a teenage boy who works at the local doughnut shop..
Plot: A married poet meets a teenage boy working at a donut shop and helplessly develops feelings for him.
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	6.3/10 Votes: 169
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	N/A Votes: 6 Popularity: 1.4 | TMDB

Reviews:

A Korean’s “Death In Venice”
This film brought a lot of positive surprises for it wasn’t quite what I expected. It is a close Korean version of Luchino Visconti’s “Death In Venice” which was based on Thomas Mann’s book. Here except Mann or Visconti took the high horse on Platonist love as an adoration of physical beauty, Kim Yang-he, the director of “The Poet and The Boy” took the deep plunge into the soul of a poet who finds love in an obsessive yearning for a young man. Because “Death In Venice” was set in the early 1900s, the period and the take on the subject bind the character and the film in restrain and detachment. In contrast, “The Poet” and the casting of Yang Ik-Joon in particular, is among one of the many reasons why this film has a lot more warmth. Also, unlike “Venice”, this isn’t about physical beauty but about wanting to connect through kindred of feelings. By comparing these two films, the question then arises on what is love? Is it physical attraction or kindred of feelings? Or perhaps both?

The Need for the New to Feel Alive & Its Consequences
This is a movie about living under the weight of the status quo without any obvious way to break out from under it. The Poet is in a marriage long overdue with a nagging but loving wife demanding a baby to liven things up. Certainly a baby would change the focus from oneself and all the dreariness to something more hopeful. It can, but so can falling in love. Enter The Boy. Mr. Hyeon is a married man who becomes infatuated with the youth, vigor and beauty of a donut shop employee. He insinuates himself into that kid’s life without thinking through the ramifications of becoming someone’s trusted father-figure. The feelings are at once paternal and carnal – a desire to take care of The Boy and to be with him. To leave all behind. How can that be done in a society that demands allegiance to the status quo? In the end, The Wife and The Poet get their baby, so that’s something positive, but what about The Boy cast aside as an impossible future? He was left weeping at the side of a coffee shop, eventually making his way to a new town and new job, and is given a handsome severance by The Poet for his suffering. The movie ends with a tear going down The Poet’s face. I get that the whole situation is complicated, and it is true that people seek people out without thinking of the consequences, but to have an ending that is tidy but with everyone unhappy is tragic. At one point, I thought they were all going to recognize each other’s need for each other and live together, but that is too unconventional, too non-status quo, though heart-warming. Alas, the cold that pervaded the movie set the conditions for a sad ending devoid of warmth.

Other Information:

Original Language ko
Runtime 1 hr 50 min (110 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
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Genre Drama
Director Yang-hee Kim
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Actors Yang Ik-joon, Hye-jin Jeon, Ga-ram Jung
Country South Korea
Awards 2 wins & 3 nominations
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