Lee Chang-dong unites 4 of Korea’s finest stars– Sul Kyung-gu, Jeon Do-yeon, Zo In-sung, and Cho Yeo-jeong– in his extremely expected movie ‘Possible Love’
Lee Chang-dong. Picture: thanks to IMDB.
Lee Chang-dong, among South Korea’s biggest filmmakers, makes his extremely expected go back to the screen with a brand-new Netflix movie tentatively entitled Possible LoveThe movie will star the famous Sul Kyung-gu, with whom Chang-dong formerly dealt with Peppermint Candy and Sanctuarytogether with Jeon Do-yeon, who included in his movie Secret Sunshineand popular stars Zo In-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong.
Possible Love marks Lee Chang-dong’s return after an eight-year hiatus, following his well-known mental thriller Burningwhich premiered at Cannes and was South Korea’s Oscar entry in 2018. The plot of this brand-new story centers on the lives of 2 couples– Ho-seok (Sul Kyung-gu) and Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon), and Sang-woo (Zo In-sung) and Ye-ji (Cho Yeo-jeong)– after an opportunity encounter all of a sudden links their lives, triggering stress to increase in their particular relationships.
A celebration circuit veteran and well-known arthouse director, Lee Chang-dong’s tradition is specified by seriously well-known movies, like Green Fish (1997), Peppermint Candy (1999), Sanctuary (2002), Secret Sunshine (2007), Poetry (2010), and Burning (2018 ). He’s likewise the recipient of various distinguished awards–Sanctuary made him the very best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival (2003), while Secret Sunshine bagged titles for the very best movie and director at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2007 ), the Asian Film Awards (2008) in addition to the Korean Film Awards (2007 ). Poetry got the very best Screenplay Award at Cannes in 2010, and Burning got the FIPRESCI International Critics’ Prize at Cannes in 2018, with his body of work culminating in a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 at the 13th Asian Film Awards.
Lee Chang-dong’s movie theater shines a raw light on human suffering, from psychological injury to existential problems. And if his brand-new movie Possible Love is any indicator, he’s still got a lot to state about browsing the unpleasant, frequently severe elements of life, love, and dispute. According to Netflix, the movie is an expedition of “human experience through the comprehensive modifications the characters deal with” in their lives.
Possible Lovecomposed by Lee Chang-Dong and Oh Jung-Mi, is “now in production,” states Netflix, and is anticipated to launch next year.