# ‘Possible Love’ movie review: A humanist modern fable of rich poignancy and surprising humour

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/possible-love-movie-review-a-humanist-modern-fable-of-rich-poignancy-and-surprising-humour/
- Published: 2026-10-27T05:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T05:38:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/lee-chang-dong-possible-love-movie-review/
- Topics: Asia, Entertainment, Film, World

## Key points

- Two couples from different classes become connected through a documentary.
- The film explores grief, intimacy and the ethics of observation.
- Lee Chang-dong blends social critique with surprising humour.

## Summary

Lee Chang-dong’s *Possible Love* follows two couples from different social classes whose lives become entangled after a documentary filmmaker approaches a former metalworker and his wife. The film uses their relationships to examine class divisions, grief and the difficult balance between observing people and intruding on their private lives.

Ho-seok, played by Sul Kyung-gu, has withdrawn after a co-worker’s death and a strike linked to mass layoffs; his wife Mi-ok is raising their ten-year-old son while trying to reach him. Wealthy filmmaker Ye-ji, played by Cho Yeo-jeong, wants to document the couple, bringing her husband Sang-woo and their differing ideas about money and intimacy into the story. The review describes the film as an expansive, sometimes exhausting but often funny humanist drama, ending with a moment of emotional candour.

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