Seol Kyeong-gu and Jo In-sung in tears... 'Possible Love' receives six-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival

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'Possible Love' received a six-minute standing ovation at the Venice International Film Festival.

'Possible Love,' directed by Lee Chang-dong and selected for the competition section of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (Biennale Cinema 2026), had its world premiere on the afternoon of the 6th (local time).

According to Variety, as soon as the lights came on in the theater after the film ended, the actors began sobbing and wiped away their tears with handkerchiefs. Seol Kyeong-gu, Jeon Do-yeon, Jo Yeo-jeong, and Jo In-sung embraced each other, overcome with emotion by the audience's enthusiastic cheers, and burst into laughter.

Variety reported that "the applause and cheers would have likely continued longer, but after six minutes, the actors and director were escorted to the exit and left the theater."

Another outlet, Deadline, released footage stating, "Seol Kyeong-gu and Jo In-sung, who starred in 'Possible Love,' revealed their overwhelming emotions following the premiere screening at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, wiping away tears."

Meanwhile, 'Possible Love' tells the story of two couples—a laid-off worker and his wife, and a documentary filmmaker and her husband—who meet to produce a documentary and confront each other's different lives and hidden desires. It is Lee Chang-dong's first new work in eight years since 'Burning' (2018).

Selected as South Korea's official entry for the International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards, the film will be released in theaters on the 23rd and made available on Netflix on November 6.

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