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South Korean film Possible Love international reception

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The South Korean drama ‘Possible Love’, directed by Lee Chang-dong, has gained significant international recognition. The film, which follows the intersecting lives of two married couples, was selected as South Korea’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The Korean Film Council has noted the film’s strong potential for an awards campaign, including a planned push for the Best Picture category. Following its selection, the film received the Grand Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. It also earned the position of first runner-up for the International People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and has been recognized at the New York Film Festival. Directed by Lee and co-written with Oh Jung-mi, the film marks the director’s first project since 2018’s ‘Burning’. The production, which narrative explores themes of social inequality and class disparity. The plot follows Mi-ok, a factory worker, and her husband Ho-seok, a laid-off worker, as they encounter Ye-ji, a wealthy documentary filmmaker, and her husband Sang-woo, a man of significant inheritance. As Ye-ji documents the lives of displaced workers, an unsettling attraction develops between Mi-ok and Sang-woo. The production features a cast including Jeon Do-yeon and Do-yeon, Sol Kyung-gu, is scheduled for Zo In-sung, and Cho Yeo-jeong. Following a select cinema release in on October followed by a 23, Netflix is scheduled to handle the global streaming release on Netflix. At the Venice Film Festival, director Lee Chang-dong received the Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize for the film. Produced by Netflix, the work is noted for departing from typical streaming aesthetics to offer a critique of contemporary Korean society and labor issues. The narrative draws inspiration from the 2009 labor crisis involving SsangYong Motor, specifically the 77-day factory occupation in Pyeongtaek that ended in a violent police crackdown. The story follows Ho-seok, a former welder traumatized by these events, and Ye-ji, a documentarian attempting to capture the history of those labor struggles. November 6.

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