'Journey to Gyeongju' Lee Jung-eun: "Started from a collapsed family; such things happen often in actual trials"

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Actress Lee Jung-eun returns as a new kind of mother that audiences have never seen before.

On the afternoon of the 13th, a press screening for the film 'Journey to Gyeongju' (directed by Kim Mi-jo) was held at Lotte Cinema World Tower in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Following the screening, a press conference was attended by actors Lee Jung-eun, Gong Hyo-jin, Park So-dam, Lee Yeon, Byun Yo-han, and director Kim Mi-jo.

The film 'Journey to Gyeongju' is a family revenge drama about four mothers and daughters who set out on a journey of "killing" after eight years of waiting for their youngest daughter, Gyeongju, who never returned from a school trip.

Lee Jung-eun portrayed Ok-sil, a mother who lost her daughter and spent eight years waiting to exact revenge, delivering a powerful performance.

Lee Jung-eun said, "The story begins with a family that was living peacefully with four daughters in an ordinary household, only to suffer an unexpected accident. I wondered how this family would collapse afterward." She added, "It seemed different whether the husband was present or not." She continued, "During the trial process, such incidents occur very frequently. I thought, what if the surviving family members embarked on a journey of revenge to survive?"

Lee Jung-eun further stated, "In particular, the process in the work is not simple; while creating alibis, each family member thinks differently. However, the mother I portrayed believed from that moment onward that the family had collapsed and could not stop. She thought that revenge was the only way to restore things. I performed with the understanding that she harbored a burning fire within and expressed her intense love for her youngest child and husband."

Meanwhile, 'Journey to Gyeongju' is scheduled to be released on August 26.

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