Director Lee Chang-dong Returns With 'Possible Love': "I Wanted to Raise Questions on Unfair Dismissal and Class Conflict"

Director Lee Chang-dong has revealed the core message behind his new film Possible Love, his first feature in eight years.

Attending a press and distribution screening for Possible Love held at Yongsan CGV in Seoul on the afternoon of the 21st, Director Lee responded thoughtfully when asked about the message he intended to convey through the film: "It is difficult to sum up what I wanted to say in a word or two. If I must say, rather than depicting the reality we live in—not just Korean society, but today's world—in a simple and easy way, I wanted to approach it on multiple levels. The world we live in is not that simple. It hides various complex aspects, and I thought it would be meaningful to explore and discuss them together with the audience."

He repeatedly emphasized, "In a way, this film might look like a story about dismissed workers, or class conflict, or the attitude and ethics of filmmaking, or human relationships. I made this film through the stories of two couples to experience, think about, and share questions with the audience across those diverse layers."

Possible Love follows a dismissed worker and his wife, as well as a documentary director and her husband, as two couples meet to produce a documentary and confront each other's different lives and hidden desires. It is Director Lee's first new project in eight years since Burning (2018), reuniting him with his longtime muses Sul Kyung-gu and Jeon Do-yeon, while marking his first collaboration with Cho Yeo-jeong and Zo In-sung.

The film will hit theaters on September 23.



(Photo: Baek Seung-chul)

(SBS E&S, Reporter Kim Ji-hye)
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