History Film / Minari

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: David has a heart murmur, which further complicates living on a farm in middle-of-nowhere Arkansas.

* ChekhovsGun: The steel drum where the family has to burn their trash, previously used for a gag when [[CityMouse City Mice]] Monica and Anne are uncomfortable with it. Soon-ja, who is moving with difficulty after she suffers a stroke, accidentally drops some burning trash on the ground. It starts the fire that destroys the family's barn and most of the crop that Jacob has harvested.

* HopeSpot: It seems the news of David's heart condition clearing up and Jacob at last finding a buyer for his wares will save the farm and the marriage. But it doesn't solve their underlying problems, especially the moment during an argument when Jacob chose the farm over his family, which convinces Monica that the marriage won't survive.

* TitleDrop: Grandma plants minari, a Korean vegetable, by the creek bed. The ending reveals that her seeds have bloomed into a bumper crop.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Jacob is so obsessed with his dream job as a farmer that he's willing to let his family move back to California without him.

* TheCityVsTheCountry: Much of the movie deals with Jacob and Monica's opinions on living in Arkansas, and even their life back in Korea as a whole - Jacob is wholly optimistic about his farm and loves it a lot more than California (where he made a pittiance - TruthInTelevision), feeling there's greater resources and freedom, while Monica despises it - she's away from the community and friends she cherished, and the medical aid that David needs is far away. Later, [[spoiler:the farm nearly fails after a Korean company in California reneges on a deal to send Korean vegetables to California, leaving him with rotten crop and rising costs. During a moment of anger, he screams to ''never'' trust Koreans from cities.]]

* CityMouse: Part of the tension between Jacob and Monica is that Monica straight-up hates living in Arkansas farm country in a trailer where you have to dig a well for water and burn your own trash. She wants to go back to California and civilization.
* CoolOldLady: Soon-ja's cursing and gambling alone proves she's not your conventional grandmother, but she's still a good natured woman who cares deeply for her family.

* DowsingDevice: Early in the film a local tries to get Jacob to hire him to use a dowsing rod to find a place to dig a well on the farm. Jacob dismisses this as nonsense. In the end he's hired the guy to find his well.

* ParentsAsPeople: Jacob and Monica love their children dearly, but it's clear raising them has taken a toll on the two. Monica ''hates'' being away from the city and that Jacob is constantly spending money at a loss on the farm, while Jacob argues he's trying to provide for his family.

Creator/WillPatton plays Paul, an Arkansas who befriends the Yi family.

It is [[WriteWhatYouKnow a semi-autobiographical take]] take on Chung's childhood growing up on a farm in Arkansas. The story is set in the 1980s and follows Korean-Americans Jacob and Monica Yi (Creator/StevenYeun and Han Ye-ri), who have come to Arkansas along with their children Anne and David. After years working in California sexing chickens, Jacob grew weary of being a wage slave and moved the family to Arkansas, where they could start a farm growing Korean produce. Monica is extremely skeptical about this plan, she generally hates living in rural redneck Arkansas, and she's specifically worried about David, who has a heart murmur. She wants to go back, but Jacob insists that they stay, and pursue their piece of the American Dream.

''Minari'' is a 2020 {{dramedy}} written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung. [[WriteWhatYouKnow A semi-autobiographical take]] take on Chung's childhood, the film stars Creator/StevenYeun as Jacob Yi, who, along with his wife Monica and two children David and Anne, move to rural Arkansas where he starts a farm of Korean produce, in pursuit of the American Dream.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jacob's produce gets destroyed in a fire accidentally started by Soon-ja, but the whole family has come closer together at the end of the film and there's still hope for them to find success.]]

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The ending implies the family will find success harvesting the minari planted by Soon-ja]].

* IllGirl: Ill boy. David has a heart murmur, which further complicates living on a farm in middle-of-nowhere Arkansas.

* BladeOfGrassCut: Bees flitting about the tall grass.

'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ0gFidlro8 Trailer]].

* ParentsAsPeople: Jacob and Monica love their children dearly, but it's clear raising them has taken a toll on the two.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Paul, who helps out in Jacob's farm, is a devout Christian, who even carries a wooden cross on Sundays.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jacob's produce gets destroyed in a fire accidentally started by Soon-ja, but the whole family has come closer together at the end of the film.]]