Minari (2020)

Youn Yuh-jung: Soonja

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• Soonja : Minari is truly the best. It grows anywhere, like weeds. So anyone can pick and eat it. Rich or poor, anyone can enjoy it and be healthy. Minari can be put in kimchi, put in stew, put in soup. It can be medicine if you are sick. Minari is wonderful, wonderful!

• Soonja : You're crying again? Because of anchovies?

• Soonja : Penis broken!

  David : It's not called a penis, it's called a ding-dong!

• Soonja : Stop, David! Leave it alone! It might crawl away and hide! David. It's better to see it than to have it hide. Things that hide are more dangerous and scary.

• Monica : I'm sorry you have to see how our life is now.

  Soonja : Why? Because the house has wheels? It's fun!

• Monica : She doesn't look like a grandma? Oh! Really?

  Soonja : What a good boy! I'll give you a present for that compliment!

• Soonja : I'll try to be a real grandma from now on.

• Soonja : Who cares if I drank a little pee? It was fun!

• Soonja : We should plant some minari. It'll grow well down by the creek.

  Jacob : I'll think about it.

  Soonja : What's there to think about? I'll just plant it.

• Soonja : Getting hurt is all part of growing up.

• Soonja : The wind is blowing and the minari is bowing. They're saying thank you very much!

• Soonja : Here. Try some.

  David : I don't want it.

  Monica : Drink it. Grandma brought it from Korea.

  Soonja : That's it!

  David : I don't want it.

  Monica : It's expensive. Drink it all. Good! Such a good boy!

  David : Grandma...

  Soonja : Yeah?

  David : In the future, never, ever bring this again.

  Monica : Stop, David. You'll drink one cup every day.

• Monica : What's in it?

  Soonja : Anything good for you. It has everything, even deer antlers.

• Soonja : They come to America and forget everything.

• David : Can I sleep over at his house?

  Monica : You should sleep at home, with Grandma.

  David : But I don't like Grandma!

  Monica : Don't say that.

  Johnnie : No? Why can't you? Why?

  Soonja : Broken ding-dong. Ding-dong broken.

• Soonja : I heard American kids don't like sharing their rooms.

  Monica : He's not like that. He's a Korean kid.

• Anne : We shouldn't be so far out here. David.

  Soonja : It's fine! Just a little further. This would be a great place.

  Anne : Grandma. We shouldn't be here because of the snakes.

  Soonja : Do you even know what minari is? You stupid Americans. I brought some minari seeds from Korea. We can plant them right over there.

  David : I'm going down.

  Anne : David!

  Soonja : The minari will grow well here.

  Anne : David, come up here now! I'm telling Mom.

• Anne : David, go change. It's time to go.

  David : Where?

  Anne : Church picnic. Grandma, please help him change.

  Soonja : Who cares what a little boy wears?

• Soonja : There's another one. So fat! That man is so fat! Look at him!

• Monica : Mom, it's bad enough you're in this hillbilly place.

  Jacob : Why 'hillbilly' place?

  Monica : It's hillbilly, so David lost all his manners.

  Jacob : Just because you're from the city doesn't make you better.

  Soonja : You two will fight over anything!