‘Minari’ Featurette Digs Into The Heart And Struggle Of The American Dream
Minariappears to be on the path to the Academy Awards. The film received a nomination from theProducers Guild of America Awardsand directorLee Isaac Chungwas among the feature film nominees for theDirectors Guild of America Awards, both strong indicators of a movie’s potential presence at the Oscars. Even theScreen Actors Guild Awardsnominated the entire cast for their equivalent of Best Picture. To help push the movie in front of more Academy members and get audiences to seek it out, A24 has released aMinarifeaturette that dives into the emotional struggle of a Korean-American family striving and struggling for their slice of the America Dream.
Minari Featurette
Cast membersSteven YeunandYeri Hantalked about the story at the center ofMinariand how their own experiences informed their harrowing performances. To play the family patriarch Jacob, Yeun dug into his own identity and what his parents' generation went through in order to make a life in the United States. Han zeroed in on her grandmother, mother and aunts in Korea to inspire the emotion in her character’s struggle.
Director Lee Isaac Chung also recalled what a joy it was to watch youngAlan Kimin scenes withYuh-Jung Younas his grandmother. The child actor recently went viral on social media after winning the Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor/Actress, which made the young man sob in his acceptance speech. Watch it here:
Though the Golden Globes only allowedMinarito be considered in theBest Foreign Language category, it won’t be so limited at the Academy Awards. It has a chance to follow in the footsteps ofParasiteby landing more nominations in the primary categories, and if the gamut of awards season has been any indicator, it’s bound to have at least a few nominations.
If you’d like to see more fromMinari, check out the official trailer here, and watch a few clips over here. Otherwise, here is the official synopsis for the film:
A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari 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. 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.
Minari is available to watch now in select theaters and on VOD.
