Venice Silver Lion Winner 'Possible Love' Premieres in Korea

The film "Possible Love," which won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, premiered in Korea today (the 21st).

Director Lee Chang-dong stood at the press conference holding the Silver Lion trophy right after the domestic press screening.

Director Lee said that while winning the award at the film festival was joyful and honorable, something else was even more important.

[Director Lee Chang-dong]
"Because the Venice Film Festival was the very first place I met the audience, how the audience would receive this film was much more important to me."

Roughly summarized, "Possible Love" is a story about a laid-off corporate worker couple and a wealthy couple making a documentary about them.

Director Lee said he wanted to raise various questions beyond the issue of class.

[Director Lee Chang-dong]
"In some ways, it looks like a story about laid-off workers; in other ways, it looks like a conflict between classes; and in still other ways, it seems to be about the ethics and attitude of filmmaking."

Director Lee, who noted that he was finally able to begin this film by including the story of a documentary director filming someone else's life, said he still wrestles with how genuinely a film director can tell someone else's story.

[Director Lee Chang-dong]
"For a creator like me who portrays the lives of others, the fundamental dilemma is always how truly I can tell their stories as them..."

Actor Jeon Do-yeon, who is currently performing in a play in New York, also attended today's press conference via video link.

Actor Jeon, who serves as the axis of the narrative development in "Possible Love," interpreted her role as follows.

[Actor Jeon Do-yeon]
"Mi-ok (the role of the laid-off worker's wife) is a character who tries to protect the value of her family and herself from class and money."

After screening in select theaters during the Chuseok holiday, "Possible Love" will be released in November on Netflix, an investor in the film.

Reporting for SBS, this is Lee Ju-hyung.

(Photo: Yonhap News) (Video by Seol Chi-hwan | Video Editing by Ahn Yeo-jin)
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