‘Minari’ Trailer: Steven Yeun Stars In A24’s Acclaimed 2020 Sundance Winner

It’s really easy to forget, given it happened roughly 3 years ago —though I do mean in 2020 years— but earlier this year, before the second age of dark times, Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” was the big winner at the Sundance Film Festival. Starring Steven Yeun (“Burning“) and based on a simple premise—a Korean family moves to Arkansas to start a farm in the 1980s—Chung’s movie took home all the major dramatic prizes in Utah, both the Grand Jury Prize for Drama, and the Audience Award for the U.S. Dramatic Competition. While it’s understandable why you’d have little to no recollection of that time period, just a few short weeks before “Parasite” won Best Picture in February (also this year), A24 hasn’t forgotten, and is definitely going to place “Minari” in a position to be a solid awards contender.

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Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari also stars Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Scott Haze, with Yuh-Jung Youn and Will Patton. The film, which currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, was seemingly universally beloved at Sundance with many describing it as tender, personal, intimate, and warm. Here’s the official synopsis:

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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.

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“Minari” has no release date, but it’s coming soon, and A24 apparently intends to make it an Oscar player, so it’s either a fall 2020 release or early 2021. Watch the trailer and stay tuned for the official word on a date.