Director Lee Chang-dong's new film "Possible Love", his first in eight years, has released its first trailer ahead of its premieres at international film festivals.

"Possible Love" has received official invitations to the competition sections of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, the 51st Toronto International Film Festival, and the Main Slate section of the 64th New York Film Festival. It was also invited to the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section of the 74th San Sebastian International Film Festival, the Gala Premiere section of the 22nd Zurich Film Festival, and the Special Presentations section of the 45th Vancouver International Film Festival.

The Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, known as the oldest and most prestigious Spanish-speaking film festival, is an official competitive section that showcases works presenting the most open and daring visions.

Director Lee Chang-dong was first invited to the San Sebastian film festival in 2010 with "Poetry", and later featured in the same section in 2022 with his short film "Heartbeat". Meanwhile, the Gala Premiere section of the Zurich Film Festival and the Special Presentations section of the Vancouver International Film Festival showcase this year's most anticipated and talked-about highly anticipated works.

Revealing another layer through its first trailer, "Possible Love" tells the story of two couples—a laid-off worker and her husband, and a documentary director and her husband—who meet to produce a documentary and face each other's different lives and hidden desires.

The trailer begins with Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon) walking alone and unsteadily through a lush forest path amid the bluish dawn light, accompanied by birdsong and wind. Heard over her complex and inscrutable expression, Mi-ok's words, "It felt strange. It felt like I became a different person," connect with Mi-ok finally bursting into tears in a car heading to an unknown destination when Ho-suk (Sul Kyung-gu) tells her, "If you want to cry, cry," raising curiosity about their story.

The sight of Mi-ok sitting in front of the documentary camera of Yeji's (Cho Yeo-jeong) filming team and recalling the general strike of workers by saying, "When the strike started, I didn't know it would turn out like this," alongside Ho-suk listening silently, offers a glimpse of the time the two have endured together and the scars that have not easily healed.

The scene where Yeji cautiously proposes an interview to Ho-suk and Mi-ok says he will not do it reveals the subtle distance between the two people who seem close yet hard to approach, heightening curiosity about what kind of story will unfold before them.

Subsequently, Yeji's line telling her husband Sang-u (Zo In-sung), "I'm trying to love those people. I'm someone who makes documentaries," stimulates curiosity about how she will seep into the lives of Mi-ok and Ho-suk. However, shortly after the four of them—Mi-ok, Ho-suk, Sang-u, and Yeji—gather together to share a cheerful meal, Sang-u's remark, "You and those people are different, aren't you?" highlights the gap that exists between the two couples.

The sight of the four people ultimately leaving for a summer vacation together at Yeji's suggestion hints at the different lives and desires they will confront there, heightening anticipation for Director Lee Chang-dong's new story, which is capturing the attention of the entire world, as well as the acting ensemble of Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, and Cho Yeo-jeong.

"Possible Love" will be released in theaters on September 23 and via Netflix on November 6.

(SBS Entertainment News | Kim Ji-hye)