After Lee Chang-dong’s Silver Lion win Potential love And at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Netflix is set to stream more of the director’s work around the world.
Lee’s previous films Green fish and Secret sunlight Already available on Netflix, it is streaming from August in Italy, the UK, France, Australia and New Zealand. Peppermint candy and oasis It began streaming on Netflix in Italy and Spain on September 4.
hair and burn It is also scheduled to launch in markets including Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Availability and timing vary by country. Depending on the market, films will be shown with subtitles in up to six languages, including Korean.
potential love, Lee’s first film in eight years won the Venice Grand Jury’s Silver Lion. The film opens in theaters in South Korea on September 23, followed by release in Australia and New Zealand on October 22, and in the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States and Canada on October 23. It will premiere globally on Netflix on November 6.
The film was selected as Korea’s official entry for the Best International Film category at the Academy Awards.
Since his first appearance with Green fish In 1997, Lee’s films won awards including the Best Director Award at the 59th Venice International Film Festival for his film. oasis In 2002, he won Best Screenplay at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival for his film hair in 2010. Most recently, he became the first Korean director to win the Ebert Director’s Award at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival.
Starring Jeon Do-yeon, Sol Kyung-ju, Zo In-sung, and Cho Yeo-jeong. Potential love It is the story of two couples – a stagehand and his wife, and a documentary filmmaker and her husband – who meet to film a documentary and confront their different lives and hidden desires.
