Lee Byung-hun & Son Ye-jin Shine in Park Chan-wook’s Opening Film at BIFF 2025
Sep 17, 2025
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The opening film of the 30th Busan International Film Festival 'There is nothing we can do about it' The press conference was held at the Jung Theater of the Film Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan on the 17th. Chief programmers Park Ga-eon, actors Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran and Park Chan-wook attended the scene.
Selected as the opening film of this year's Busan International Film Festival 'There is nothing we can do about it' is a movie about Mansu, an office worker whose life was satisfactory, who is preparing for his own war on reemployment to protect his family after being fired, and it is the first Korean screen film in three years since Director Park Chan-wook's decision to part.
in particular 'There is nothing we can do about itEven before its release, ' has been drawing keen attention from all over the world. As a Korean film, it was officially invited to the competition section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival for the first time in 13 years and was named in the main slate section of the 63rd New York Film Festival. At the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, he won the International Audience Award.
Director Park, who directed the production, said, `I am deeply moved to present a work that I have prepared for a long time for the first time in Korea. The Busan International Film Festival has been doing this for so long, and this is the first time I have come as an opening film. Especially, this year marks the 30th anniversary. I was nervous about how the audience would like it" he said.
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Lee Byung-hun postponed Mansu, a job seeker preparing to re-employment after being fired overnight from a paper mill devoted to 25 years. Regarding the acting-focused part, he said, `Mansu is not very personable or a special character. He is an ordinary person, and when such a person encounters a big situation, he makes extreme decisions to overcome the crisis. He stressed that he thought about how an ordinary person would accept such an extreme situation and focused on showing it to the audience convincingly.
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Son Ye-jin has no choice in seven years since the movie `Negotiation'It returned to the screen with ', adding to the audience's delight. He came back after seven years, feeling anxious about whether I could work on a movie for a long time as an actor. Hasn't the movie industry become very difficult in reality. But I think the future is more important. In that sense, directors such as Park Chan-wook should make more works. I'll do my best to make it better," he expressed his ambition.
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Park Hee-soon said, `Beautiful weather, beautiful works and beautiful drunkenness. I couldn't help it (laughs). The director elected me as an elected official, he said. "I laughed when I watched the movie in Venice, but when I saw it again, I cried. I cried to the point where I became a dumpling by the end of the last one, but it's very strange. It's amazing how you can laugh like that once and cry once when it's the same work. I think this is the charm of this movie. I hope you watch it twice or three times."
Lee Sung-min and Yeom Hye-ran, who worked together as a couple in the play, also asked for their expectations for the work. Lee Seong-min said, "I hope you get the biggest box office hit among the movies you've directed, and I hope you get the best out of the movies I've ever appeared in."," he said with a smile. Yeom Hye-ran says, `I've watched the movie three times, but there are still parts I don't understand"I hope the audience will discover the intention hidden in the mise-en-scène and leave various interpretations and writings on the work." reported the wind.
Meanwhile, the 30th Busan International Film Festival will be held for 10 days from the 17th to the 26th around the Film Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan. a movie 'I can't help it' will meet with the audience at the opening ceremony on this day.
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