{
  "id": 11393944,
  "title": "'Possible Love' asks if love can survive without understanding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/possible-love-asks-if-love-can-survive-without-understanding",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T08:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/films/20261002/possible-love-asks-if-love-can-survive-without-understanding"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Possible Love, a film by director Lee Chang-dong, delves into the question of whether love can thrive without complete understanding. The narrative unfolds with two married couples from vastly different backgrounds encountering one another. Ho-seok, a laid-off worker, shares his life with his wife Mi-ok, while Ye-ji, a documentary filmmaker, aims to document their existence alongside her husband Zo In-sung.\n\nAs their paths intertwine, the film explores the growing awareness of each partner's emotional needs and shortcomings. A recurring theme throughout the movie is the commandment \"You shall not covet your neighbor's possessions.\" In today's world, where we are constantly bombarded with images of others' seemingly perfect lives, it's easy to compare oneself to others. Whether it's a more luxurious home, greater financial stability, or an ideal partner, these desires can lead to dissatisfaction with one's own situation.\n\nThe film challenges the notion that love requires a complete understanding of one's partner. It suggests that even with differences and aspects of someone that may never be fully comprehensible, remaining beside them can still constitute a form of love. Ultimately, Possible Love invites viewers to reflect on the true nature of love and the extent to which understanding is necessary for its endurance.",
  "summary": "How much understanding does love require? Must two people fully understand each other, look in the same direction and inhabit similar worlds for their relationship to endure? Or can remaining beside someone, even with parts of them that may never make sense, also be called love? Those questions linger long after watching director Lee Chang-dong's new film \"Possible Love.\" The film begins with an…",
  "key_points": [
    "\"Possible Love\" explores if love can survive without complete understanding.",
    "Two married couples from different backgrounds encounter each other.",
    "Film challenges notion that love requires full comprehension of partner."
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "'Possible Love' asks if love can survive without understanding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/possible-love-asks-if-love-can-survive-without-understanding-11397478",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:42:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}