Poetry Movies

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

A three-chapter (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise) meditation on the city of Sarajevo in the wake of the Bosnian war, on Palestine and Israel, and on war...

Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much...

A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

A bucolic fantasy frolic in which an adaptable young woman must navigate a bewildering and whimsical phantasmagoria, populated by anthropomorphic and...

17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.

The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the...

Young & Na!ve is a poetic apology to everyone ever sexually molested and a film that needs to be seen by everyone ever born.

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected...

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and...

This story revolves around a famous poet who meets a woman who is in trouble. In order to treat her, he takes her to Shimla in a big hospital, but...

A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournament.

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing class together. Through written words, they...

"Before I left today, I almost forgot to answer a lot of e-mails."

Martin (Joe Newton) is a casualty of society. He is under appreciated and overworked as a salary man in the city. With mounting pressure on his...