Actor Yeom Seung-yi is aiming squarely at theaters in September as the lead of the K-thriller film "Wife."
Yeom Seung-yi will meet audiences as the key figure leading the story in the mystery psychological thriller "Wife," which swept three major awards at prominent international film festivals abroad.
Directed by Lee Soo-sung, "Wife" is a psychological thriller that depicts the downward spiral of novelist Ji-man (played by Ryu Tae-jun), who, after moving with his wife, a university professor, to a quiet rural village for a fresh start, confronts uncontrollable suspicion surrounding his wife and a brutal truth.
In this work, Yeom Seung-yi plays Su-young, a university professor who harbors deep secrets, delivering a passionate performance. In the film, Su-young is a three-dimensional, multilayered character who subtly disturbs the boundary between reality and delusion amid her husband Ji-man's frenzied suspicion and obsession. Yeom Seung-yi is expected to lead the film's tension by elevating suspense to the extreme with delicate, densely layered emotional acting.
In particular, "Wife" proved its artistic merit by winning three awards at overseas film festivals even before its release, including best actor and best music at the Sinister Horror Film Festival and the psychological thriller category at the Bangkok Movie Awards.
In the previously released trailer, Su-young provoked her husband's anxiety mercilessly with the sharp line "Is that morbid jealousy acting up again?" and, at the center of the shocking development that "the wife thought to be dead has returned," displayed a mysterious aura that heightened prospective viewers' immersion.
Having shown a wide acting spectrum through diverse works, Yeom Seung-yi is expected to present the essence of more mature and profound psychological acting through "Wife." It opens in theaters in September.
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