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It is enough to nail media such as The New York Times, NBC, NPR, or studies such as those conducted by the Pew Research Center, which demonstrate how the number of voters by 2020 in those sectors has tripled compared to the 2000 figures to understand this behavior.
It is in this panorama that Lee Isaac Chung's Minari arrives that, in the words of the eight-year-old actor Alan Kim, tells the story of a Korean-American family moving to Arkansas to earn more money than usual. The title refers to a plant that grows near water and that usually cleans the soil in which it is planted. In the film, this plant arrives with Grandma directly from Korea to purify and grow with difficulties in the place where the main family decides to take root.
With a warm narrative style, which prioritizes family dynamics over any political discourse or denunciation around issues such as racism against Asian-Americans – which in the past two years has soared markedly – the film focuses on the arrival of Grandmother Soonja – fabulous Yuh Jung Youn, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – to the new home of the Yi family with the aim of helping care...