"'♥Hong Sang-soo'I love you'"'9th Year of Infidelity'Kim Min-hee Wins Best Performance Award at Locarno International Film Festival
Aug 18, 2024
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According to American entertainment media Variety, Kim Min-hee won the Best Performance in International Competition at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival held in Switzerland on the 17th (local time). When her name was called, Kim Min-hee took the stage holding the hand of director Hong Sang-soo, who was next to her.
Kim Min-hee, who appeared in a white silk dress, thanked Locarno and the jury"It was a short shooting time of five days, but I was very happy."
Kim Min-hee also thanked the actors she appeared with. Especially for director Hong Sang-soo "Lover "Thank you for making such a beautiful movie. I love your movie so much. Thank you for letting me work with you," he said, expressing affectionate comments.
Actors Cho Yoon-hee and Kwon Hae-hyo, who also appeared in the movie, also attended the ceremony to celebrate Kim Min-hee's win. After the award ceremony, Kim Min-hee drew attention as she was caught on camera leaning on director Hong Sang-soo's shoulder and holding hands.
Meanwhile, the Locarno International Film Festival is one of the world's six largest film festivals held every August in Locarno, northeastern Switzerland, which began in 1946.
Director Hong Sang-soo received the Golden Leopard Award for "Right Now, Wrong Then" (2015) and the Best Director Award for "Our Sun-hee" (2013). This time, Kim Min-hee won the prize "Suyucheon" is Hong Sang-soo's 32nd directorial film, which tells the story of a women's university lecturer asking his uncle to direct a sketch. Kim Min-hee also participated in the film as a production director, and the film will be released in Korea in the second half of this year.
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