There is interest in whether actress Kim Min-hee, who is in a relationship with director Hong Sang-soo, will appear in public. This is because Director Hong has been invited to the Berlin International Film Festival this year.
According to the film industry on the 13th, the Berlin International Film Festival executive committee has selected Hong Sang-soo's new film "Hanni" for the main competition section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival and has officially invited him to the festival.
The film "Hanni" depicts the story that unfolds when a 30-something poet, Dong-hwa, accidentally visits his lover, Jun-hee's house. It features Ha Sung-kuk, Kwon Hae-hyo, and Jo Yoon-hee, who have appeared in numerous works by Director Hong.
The film industry anticipates that Director Hong may walk the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on the 13th (local time) accompanied by his lover and actress Kim Min-hee. This is because Kim Min-hee participated as the production manager for Hong's new work.
Director Hong began dating Kim Min-hee, whom he met in the 2015 film "Right Now, Wrong Then." They have maintained a relationship for 10 years under the condition of 'adultery' as he continues to have a legal marital relationship with his wife, A.
In November 2016, Director Hong requested a divorce from his wife A after 30 years together, but she refused. In a ruling for the divorce lawsuit held in June 2019 at the Seoul Family Court, presided over by Judge Kim Sung-jin, the request was dismissed.
Recently, news of Kim Min-hee's pregnancy has been reported. She is said to be nearing full term. If Kim Min-hee accompanies Director Hong to the Berlin International Film Festival, it will likely be her first public appearance since the pregnancy news.