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Possible Love

2026 · 165 min

A slow, quietly devastating watch that sits with you, full of raw emotion and uncomfortable truths.

Overview
A laid-off worker and his wife cross paths with a documentary filmmaker and her spouse and confront their hidden desires.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Lee Chang-dong
Written by
Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi
Starring
Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, Cho Yeo-jeong, Jo Yuri, Choi Min, Jeong Seop, Kang Chang-gwon
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
165 min
Country
South Korea, United States of America
Languages
Korean, English

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