Jeon Do-yeon and 'Possible Love' Vie for Venice's Top Prize — SkimNews
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- Lee Chang-dong premiered "Possible Love" at Venice on Sunday — his first film since 2018's Cannes-winning "Burning" — now set for a Netflix global release
- Jeon Do-yeon plays mask factory worker Mi-ok, described as the film's "beating heart," alongside Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, and "Parasite" actress Cho Yeo-jeong
- Netflix will campaign "Possible Love" across five Oscar categories: Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best International Feature
- "Possible Love" earned the best reviews of the Venice competition so far, matched only by "NAZA," a documentary examining Gaza genocide through anonymized IDF sources
- Lee Chang-dong dedicated the film to Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski; it follows two couples entangled during a documentary on laid-off workers, with Jeon's nude beach scene read as Mi-ok protesting capitalism "with the whole entirety of her body"
- Jeon Do-yeon won Best Actress at Cannes in 2007 for Lee's "Secret Sunshine" and is now preparing for Simon Stone's Korean-language "Cherry Orchard" at NYC's Park Avenue Armory
Why it matters: Netflix pushing a working-class Korean labor drama for five Oscars — despite the streamer calling it 'less flashy' than other contenders — makes this a prestige bet hinging on arthouse credibility. If Jeon takes Venice's Best Actress, she'd be the rare actor to win at both Cannes and Venice, with the Golden Lion also in play for the film.
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