Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ Earns Praise and Standing Ovation at Venice
South Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s film 'Possible Love' received a six-and-a-half-minute standing ovation at its Venice World Premiere. Critics have hailed the drama as a powerful and mature study of class, desire, and exploitation.
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Possible Love review – a tale of two couples is finely judged study of exploitation and friendship
Acclaimed Korean director Lee Chang-dong returns with an inspired account of an unhappy married couple befriended by a documentary maker and her wealthy husband Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong brings to Venice his first feature for eight years. It is a finely judged, beautifully acted and rather novelistic work, in which a character at one point actually compares her surroundings to something from a novel. It is expansive and diffuse in terms of storytelling scope and dramatic focus, rich in int...
By Peter Bradshaw
Read full article →‘Possible Love’ Review: Korean Master Lee Chang-dong Returns With a Beautifully Mature, Quietly Colossal Relationship Drama
One of the key moments from Lee Chang-dong’s last film, 2018’s “Burning,” still glows bright in the memory. A girl mimes eating a tangerine, and explains the knack for making it convincing: don’t try to pretend there is a tangerine, try to forget there is not. It’s a little zen koan that rhymes imperfectly in […]
By Jessica Kiang
Read full article →Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ Emerges as Venice Film Festival Sensation
The Korean maestro’s first movie since ‘Burning’ reunites him with stars Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu and arrives as Korea’s international Oscar submission and Netflix's leading awards contender.
By Patrick Brzeski
Read full article →Lee Chang-Dong’s ‘Possible Love’ Earns 6.5-Minute Standing Ovation At Venice World Premiere
Possible Love, the first film from Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong since 2018’s Burning, earned a 6½-minute Sunday evening following its debut screening at the 83rd Venice Film Festival. Director Lee helmed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Oh Jung-mi, having worked together on Burning. The story follows two married couples whose lives become […]
By Zac Ntim
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