Critics Praise Lee Chang-dong’s 'Possible Love' at Venice Film Festival
Lee Chang-dong's new drama, selected as South Korea's Oscar entry, has received critical acclaim for its mature portrayal of class and desire. Reviewers describe the film as a quiet powerhouse that finely judges exploitation and friendship.
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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 →‘Possible Love’ Review: Korean Master Lee Chang-dong’s Transfixing Meditation on Economic and Emotional Unease Is a Quiet Powerhouse
The 'Burning' director returns after an eight-year absence with this complex drama for Netflix, about the awkward commingling of two couples on either side of the wealth divide.
By David Rooney
Read full article →‘Possible Love’: What The Critics Are Saying About Lee Chang-dong’s Korean Drama — Venice
Possible Love, the first film from Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong since Burning (2018), is debuting today at the Venice Film Festival. The story follows two married couples whose lives become uniquely intertwined. The Korean Film Council has already selected the title as Korea’s official entry for the Best International Feature category at the Academy Awards. Netflix, […]
By Andreas Wiseman
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