Director Lee Chang-dong's new film "Possible Love" took home the International Federation of Film Critics award at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) said on the 12th on its website that it had chosen "Possible Love" as the critics' award winner among the official competition feature entries at this year's Venice Film Festival.
The federation said the film captures the delicate hierarchies and conflicts between characters with superb rhythm and a range of perspectives, calling it a masterful work that delves deeply into social exploitation and class issues, human longing and possessiveness, and the moral values that records should uphold.
It is the first time in 24 years that Lee has clinched the award at Venice since "Oasis" in 2002. At the time, "Oasis" won the critics' award, as well as best director and best new actor (Moon So-ri).
"Possible Love" is Lee's first feature film in eight years since "Burning," released in 2018. It portrays the complex series of events that unfold between a dismissed worker couple he met while making a documentary and a director couple.
Starring Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Jo Yeo-jeong, and Zo In-sung, "Possible Love" was invited to the competition institutional sector at this year's Venice Film Festival. The closing ceremony will be held at dawn on the 13th Korea time.