Minari
Oscar nominee “Minari” is a film about faith from beginning to end, from exploring where the characters place their faith to alluding to the Yi family’s Arkansas farm as Eden. The patriarch of the family, Jacob, wrestles with God, much like his biblical namesake. Other characters are overtly Christian, like his wife, Monica, who asks their son David to pray he might see heaven so his heart problem would be healed, or farmworker Paul, who exorcises the Yi’s trailer home and carries a large wooden cross down the road as his own personal church on Sunday. The church also has a supporting role in the film as a place where the Yis both do and do not find connection with their neighbors. (Emily McFarlan Miller)
