"Minari" means water celery in Korean and is the favorite food of Koreans. In the film, the male protagonist's family are Koreans who are struggling to make a living in a foreign country. They open a small pasture on the edge of the city to grow vegetables. In this family, one wife and husband are accustomed to obedience, and the other is unwilling to give in. The two of them have different religious beliefs, different dreams and pursuits, and their children's lives are in dire straits. The arrival of the grandmother broke the quarrel between them and just neutralized them. The water celery planted by my grandmother represents the favorite food of Koreans. At the end, the male protagonist seems to be looking at the hope of the future when he looks at the water celery. The water celery represents the hope of the male protagonist's family living in the United States, and also represents South Korea. Man's hope for the future.
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