How the ‘Possible Love’ Cast Tackled an Intimate Story That ‘Feels Like a Great Piece of Literature’
TIFF 2026: "The script definitely had Director Lee Chang-dong's scent on it," Zo In-sung tells TheWrap The post How the ‘Possible Love’ Cast Tackled an Intimate Story That ‘Feels Like a Great Piece of Literature’ appeared first on TheWrap .
"Possible Love," the festival feature by Lee Chang-dong, is a complex film with a simple premise: a laid-off worker and his life become intertwined with a documentarian and her husband as the latter creates a feature about the former. The nearly three-hour-long film tackles themes of class, trauma, truth, and love, offering a meditation on the limitations of love itself.
Star Zo In-sung praised the script, calling it "intriguing, gripping, and intense," likening it to a "great piece of literature." Co-stars Jeon Do-yeon and Cho Yeo-jeong expressed similar sentiments, describing the film as "a wonderful novel."
Jeon Do-yeon's character, Mi-ok, is a woman who yearns for connection amidst her husband's trauma, while her husband's absence from the film is emotionally impactful. Sul Kang-gu, who plays Ho-seok, delivered a contained performance, burying his character's feelings deep within silences and glances. Cho Yeo-jeong's character, Ye-ji, is a wealthy documentarian seeking to capture the story of union strikes and crackdowns in Korean labor, caught between objectivity and emotional investment.
The actors and director all lauded the screenplay and filmmaking, hoping audiences would contemplate their own lives within the complex social structure after watching "Possible Love."
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