South Korea’s Lee Chang-dong tackles labour trauma in Venice comeback
- On Sunday, South Korean director Lee Chang-dong premiered his first film in eight years, 'Possible Love,' at the Venice Film Festival, which serves as South Korea's official Oscar entry.
- Lee abandoned his initial 2009 script about a 70-day strike because dramatizing worker pain proved difficult; he revived the project by pairing the labor story with a documentary filmmaker character.
- The plot follows factory worker Mi-ok and her laid-off husband, Ho-seok , whose lives intersect with filmmaker Ye-ji and her wealthy husband, Sang-woo .
- Reuniting with Lee 24 years after 'Oasis,' actor Sul portrays Ho-seok alongside Jeon as Mi-ok, with the film opening theatrically October 23 before debuting on Netflix November 6.
- Lee said audiences should ask themselves difficult questions about maintaining human dignity amid AI's emergence, adding that the film offers "an opportunity for more people to watch and understand the film, and to find their own answers to the questions the film raises.
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Lee Chang-dong returns to Venice after 24 years as his film ‘Possible Love’ gets six-minute standing ovation
The South Korean filmmaker is competing at the Venice International Film Festival after 24 years since he won the Silver Lion in 2002 for his romantic drama, ‘Oasis’
Korean director brings in competition the story of two couples, one working family and another wealthy
Venice, 7 Sep. (askanews) - South Korean director Lee Chang-dong returned to the Venice Film Festival with "Possible Love" (Ga-neung-han sa-rang), presented in Competition at the 83rd edition, which will then arrive on Netflix on 6 November. The director was welcomed by applause on the red carpet along with actors Cho Yeo-Jeong, Zo In-Sung, Sul Kyung-gu and Jeon Do-yeon and also in the hall the audience decreed an ovation. For him it is a great …
Director Lee Chang-dong’s *Love Possible*, which premiered in the competition section of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on the afternoon of the 6th (local time), received favorable reviews from the local media. According to the U.S. media outlet Variety, *Love Possible* concluded its official screening that afternoon at the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema on Venice’s Lido Island.
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