Venice is just the beginning...Director Park Chan-wook can't help it. The next goal is Oscar
Sep 07, 2025
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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'.
This work depicts the relationship between parents who feel distant from their adult children in a three-part format. Director Zamushi, who was called the winner, took the stage and began his acceptance speech with an exclamation of "Oh my God." He said "Art doesn't have to deal directly with politics in order to be political. Creating empathy and connections among people is the first step in problem solving." Director Akira Kurosawa, a Japanese master, received the Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in the past and said, `I'm still afraid I don't know how to work as a coach.'"I always feel similar emotions in the position of learning " he said.
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For director Park, the Venice International Film Festival is a stage with a special meaning. He can't help itIt has entered the competition sector for the first time in 20 years since 'Kind Geumja-si' in 2005. It is the first Korean movie to enter the competition in 13 years since director Kim Ki-duk won the Golden Lion. Immediately after the closing ceremony, director Park said, `I feel like I've already won a big prize because the audience's response is better than any other movie I've made.'
Director Park cited the "universality of stories" as the biggest attraction of his work. He held a meeting in Venice on the 29th of last month' At an official press conference "Many people living in capitalist societies have fears of job insecurity"The reason why I couldn't give up this work for 20 years was because anyone from any country responded 's sympathetic story"
During the festival, he was also mentioned as a strong candidate for the award. He received a standing ovation for more than nine minutes at the local premiere, and recorded a high score of 3.6 (out of 5) at the festival's official daily. There was also favorable reviews from overseas media. The BBC is a Korean masterpiece. This year's 'Parasite', Variety praised the film as `the latest film full of evidence that Park Chan-wook may be the most elegant filmmaker in existence.' The Guardian also commented that it is a portrait depicting the collapse of the family, the crisis of the head of the family, and the current state of the country.
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'There's nothing I can do about it' is the first Korean screen film to be released in three years since director Park Chan-wook's 『Decision to Break Up』. After Mansu, an office worker whose life was satisfactory enough to feel, was fired, it tells the story of preparing for his own war against reemployment to protect his wife and two children, to protect his hard-won home, starring actors Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won. 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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