Director Lee Chang-dong's new film 'Possible Love': Acting that reveals the lines between classes and human limitations (4.5 stars)

Director Lee Chang-dong's new film 'Possible Love' has been released. The work is known to have won the Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and was invested in by Netflix. The presenter in the video explains that this film was released on September 23 and will be available for viewing on Netflix starting November 6.

A laid-off worker and a documentary director: The diverging class profiles of two couples

The film unfolds around the stories of two couples. Ahn Mi-ok, played by Jeon Do-yeon, and Choi Ho-seok, played by Sul Kyung Gu, are a married couple; Ho-seok is a worker laid off due to restructuring at a large corporation, and Mi-ok is a person living alongside her husband while feeling pity for him. On the other hand, Sang-woo, played by Zo In-sung, and Lee Ye-ji, played by Cho Yeo-jeong, are a married couple, depicted as a wealthy class with an upper-class atmosphere and no children.

The film's composition takes a frame narrative structure where Lee Ye-ji conducts interviews while filming the lives of laid-off workers as a documentary. The video mentions that during this process, while Lee Ye-ji makes efforts to interview the laid-off workers, she herself is shown wearing luxury bags and luxury T-shirts. This is described as a point that shows the characters' inability to escape the environments they are in, and is explained as one of the ways the film clearly reveals class and social strata.

"No one is at fault"... Human limitations and the helplessness of communication

The presenter in the video analyzed this film as having the character of a class allegory similar to 'Parasite'. While the previous work 'Burning' gave a hazy feeling, 'Possible Love' shows the hierarchical lines very vividly and clearly through the characters' clothes, cars, and the shapes of their houses.

In particular, the film suggests that although the characters say they communicate with and understand each other, they actually know nothing about others. The presenter explained that in the film, due to the human limitations and environments each person possesses, they end up throwing certain words, which results in situations where the other person is hurt or experiences shame, yet the person who threw the words repeatedly does not realize what went wrong. Through this process, it is said that Director Lee Chang-dong poses a question regarding the helplessness of understanding others.

The reputation of Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung Gu, and the evolved acting of Zo In-sung

Regarding the acting of the cast, it was evaluated that Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung Gu proved their respective reputations, and Zo In-sung also delivered excellent acting. Specifically regarding Zo In-sung's acting, it was mentioned that he is transforming into a cooler actor in the present compared to his past self, and that he maturely handled the difficult acting that leads to dialogue within ordinary situations.

Additionally, it was added that the acting of the role of the son 'Cheol-i', who had to act with eyes and gestures despite having little dialogue, as well as the acting of the supporting actors, was also excellent. The presenter of the video gave this film 4.5 stars and mentioned that it is a work well worth watching.