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Director Lee Chang-dong's new film "A Possible Love" has been officially invited to the Main Slate section of the 64th New York Film Festival.
Marking its 64th edition this year, the New York Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the United States, running from September 25 to October 12. The Main Slate section, to which "A Possible Love" has been invited, showcases bold and original works by global master filmmakers and rising new directors.
The festival has previously introduced handpicked works that achieved remarkable milestones in the global film scene, such as "Parasite," "Decision to Leave," and "No Other Choice." With "A Possible Love," Director Lee Chang-dong has been invited to the Main Slate section for the fourth time, following "Secret Sunshine," "Poetry," and "Burning."
New York Film Festival Artistic Director Dennis Lim explained the reasons for inviting "A Possible Love," stating, "Director Lee Chang-dong's films stand out decisively in contemporary cinema with their expansive vision, artistic ambition, elegant narrative structures, and unpredictably multi-dimensional characters. 'A Possible Love' opens up the richest and widest horizons in his filmography, encompassing nearly all the forces that govern our lives—labor, class, capital, art, desire, and family. This film confronts the very era we live in head-on while delivering a resonance that transcends it."
Meanwhile, the four newly released initial press stills hint at the complex and subtle emotional lines and narratives among the four characters: Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon), Ho-seok (Sol Kyung-gu), Sang-woo (Jo In-sung), and Ye-ji (Cho Yeo-jeong). The still of Mi-ok smiling brightly yet looking somewhat sorrowful raises curiosity about Mi-ok as an individual before being the wife of a dismissed worker. The image of Mi-ok and her husband Ho-seok sitting on a wooden pyeongsang (flat-legged bench) in the yard and looking up at the night sky symbolically portrays how they have watched over everything together. Mi-ok facing Sang-woo under the streetlamp and Ye-ji under a wind-blown tree sparks curiosity about how these people who have lived different lives will become entangled with one another.
"A Possible Love," drawing intense attention from global film fans as Director Lee Chang-dong's new work in eight years and featuring a lineup of actors who truly represent South Korea including Jeon Do-yeon, Sol Kyung-gu, Jo In-sung, and Cho Yeo-jeong, is scheduled to open in theaters on September 23 and be released via Netflix on November 6.
(Photo: Yonhap News) (Written by Ji-hye Kim from SBS Entertainment News)
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