Minari (2020)

Han Ye-ri: Monica

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• Jacob : They need to see me succeed at something for once.

  Monica : For what? Isn't it more important for them to see us together?

  Jacob : You go ahead and do what you want. Even if I fail, I have to finish what I started.

• Jacob : Remember what we said when we got married? That we'd move to America and save each other?

  Monica : I remember.

• 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!

• Jacob : Come here. Look. Take a look at this. Look at the dirt. Look at the color. This is why I picked this place.

  Monica : Because of the dirt color?

  Jacob : This is the best dirt in America.

• 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.

• David : Mommy... Sometimes, I dream I'm peeing in the bathroom, but I wake up in my bed.

  Monica : Then ask yourself before you pee: Is this a dream? Is this a dream? And pinch yourself like this! Okay?

• 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.

• Monica : But Jacob... Things might be fine now. But I don't think they will stay that way. I know this won't end well, and I can't bear it. I've lost my faith in you. I can't do this anymore.

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

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

• Jacob : David! Daddy's going to make a big garden!

  Monica : Garden is small.

  Jacob : No! Garden of Eden is big! Like this!

• Mrs. Oh : I've never seen anyone as fast as Mr. Yi. Must've made good money in California.

  Monica : He did. But I wasn't fast enough to work there.

  Mrs. Oh : How long have you been working?

  Monica : About six months.

  Mrs. Oh : In any case, you're fast enough for here. You came to the right place.

• Jacob : This is how you farm in America. Why are you laughing?

  Monica : So, it's not a garden. It's a farm.

  Jacob : Garden, farm, it's all the same. Just think of it as growing money.

• 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!