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Possible Love

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A story of two married couples -- a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse -- crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires.
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Possible Love

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Critics Consensus

A perfectly poised drama that's seething with the chaos of modernity beneath its polished surface, Possible Love is a masterful exploration of fidelity and inequality from director Lee Chang-dong.

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Lee Chang-dong

Director

Jeon Do-yeon

Mi-ok

Sul Kyung-gu

Ho-seok

Jo In-sung

Sang-woo

Cho Yeo-jeong

Ye-ji

Yuri

Actor

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Zachary Barnes Wall Street Journal 4 days ago
If the film doesn’t reach the heights of Mr. Lee’s previous work, it nonetheless has a gradually mounting force in its depiction of class differences and a patriarch burdened by an agonizing sense of failure. Go to Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026
A coldly funny, increasingly caustic drama of class anxiety and unlikely friendship. Go to Full Review Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) Sep 18, 2026
3.5/4
Chief laurels go to Jeon Do-yeon as the working-class wife, who grows before our eyes from an insecure chatterbox to a woman of immense strength and dignity. Go to Full Review Alex Harrison Screen Rant 17 hrs ago
9/10
The way Possible Love's ending ignites the ideas that have been percolating for its sizable runtime will leave them smoldering in the back of your mind for a long time to come – a surefire sign your time was very well spent. Go to Full Review Ana Yorke PopMatters 23 hrs ago
It would be foolish and reductive to lump Korean directors together on the basis of ethnicity alone; yet the Southeast Asian greats do share a distinctly historical and material consciousness of class segregation and its attendant perils. Go to Full Review Kent Turner Film-Forward.com 1 day ago
4/4
In a year when the fall festivals are overloaded with bloated and aimless running times of 150 minutes or more, Possible Love’s 165 minutes are well justified. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Movie Info

Synopsis A story of two married couples -- a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse -- crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires.
Director
Lee Chang-dong
Producer
Lee Jun-dong, Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong, David Levine, Chadwick Prichard
Screenwriter
Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jungmi
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Pinehouse Film Co, Anonymous Content, NOWFILM Co
Rating
R (Language|Some Sexuality|Nudity)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 23, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 6, 2026
Runtime
2h 44m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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