At its heart, Minari examines the American Dream and what it means to put down roots somewhere. Jacob (Steven Yeun) and Monica (Han Ye-ri) immigrated from South Korea to American in the 1970s but have decided that they and their kids need a change of scenery. They arrive at a dusty five-acre farm in Arkansas that the previous tenant couldn’t make thrive. Jacob wants to grow Korean vegetables and eventually making a living off of that. He’s happy to have land and a trailer to call home.
Grandmother Soonja (Yuh-Jung Youn) arrives to help take care of the couple’s kids, a teenager named Anne and a 7-year-old named David. Both are bilingual and see the world differently from their immigrant family. David has trouble connecting with his grandma, because she isn’t what he pictured a grandmother to be.
Minari, according to A24 Films, “shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.”
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