Director Park Chan-wook can't help it, Venice's Golden Lion failed...I feel like I already received a big award.

By Soyoon, Ahn

Sep 07, 2025

Director Park Chan-wook can't help it, Venice's Golden Lion failed...I feel like I already received a big award.



Director Park Chan-wook's movie 'There's nothing we can do about it' failed to win the Venice International Film Festival.

The closing ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival was held on the 6th (local time) in Lido Island, Venice, Italy. The Golden Lion, the highest honor of the day, went to Jim Zamushi's 'Father Mother Sister Brother'.

The Best Actor award went to Italian actor Tony Servillo for La Grazia, and the Best Actress award to Chinese god Zirrei for The Sun Rises on Us All.




Director Park Chan-wook's new film during the festival 'I can't help it' He was also mentioned as a strong candidate for the award. At the local premiere held on the 29th of last month, he received a standing ovation for more than nine minutes, and at the festival's official daily, he scored a high score of 3.6 stars. The BBC is a Korean masterpiece. This year's 'Parasite', Variety praised Park Chan-wook for his latest film, which is full of evidence that he may be the most elegant filmmaker in existence.

Immediately after the closing ceremony, director Park Chan-wook said "I feel like I've already won a big prize because the audience's response is better than any movie I've made."

Director Park Chan-wook can't help it, Venice's Golden Lion failed...I feel like I already received a big award.
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Meanwhile, according to the Film Council, there is nothing we can do about it' was selected as a Korean entry in the international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards in March next year. The judges said they had `stable cinematic perfection, a time-concerned" theme, a good performance by good actors, and a competent North American distributor'```````````````````````We have chosen '."




'There's nothing I can do about it' is the first Korean screen comeback in three years since director Park Chan-wook's 『Decision to Break Up』. It tells the story of Mansu (Lee Byung-hun), an office worker whose life was satisfactory enough to feel that 'I've accomplished ', being fired, preparing for his own war against reemployment in order to protect his wife and two children, and to protect his hard-won home. It is scheduled to be released on September 24, and will be selected as the opening film of the 30th Busan International Film Festival, which will open on the 17th, and will meet with audiences.








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