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Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love," the South Korean director’s first feature in eight years, had its U.K. premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, bringing a Venice award winner to the festival’s gala program.
The Netflix drama was invited to the Gala section of the 70th festival, which showcases some of the year’s most anticipated titles. It is Lee’s sixth film selected by the festival, after "Peppermint Candy," "Oasis," "Secret Sunshine," "Poetry" and "Burning."
The film won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival and also took the FIPRESCI Award for best film in competition.
At its Venice premiere, the film drew a standing ovation of more than six minutes. It has also been selected as South Korea’s submission for the Academy Awards’ international feature category.
The 164-minute film stars Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong. Lee wrote the script with Oh Jung-mi.
The story follows two couples brought together by a documentary project. A filmmaker’s chance meeting with a family affected by the husband’s unemployment turns them into subjects for her film on laid-off workers. As the collaboration deepens, the gap in class and background strains it and forces everyone to confront their marriages.
The BFI festival's programme introduction describes the film as a follow-up to "Burning," which screened at the festival in 2018. That film won the critics' prize at Cannes.
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