"I love your movie so much"Hong Sang-soo ♥"Kim Min-hee holds hands to win the Locarno Film Festival's Best Performance Award

Aug 18, 2024

 'I love your movie so much'Hong Sang-soo ♥'Kim Min-hee holds hands to win the Locarno Film Festival's Best Performance Award



Actor Kim Min-hee won the Best Performance Award at the Locarno International Film Festival.

The 77th Locarno International Film Festival, held in Locarno, Switzerland on the 18th (Korea time), selected the best works, directors and actors that have graced this year's festival at the closing ceremony. In particular, this year's Locarno Film Festival received a lot of attention by selecting Kim Min-hee, who starred in Hong Sang-soo's 32nd film 'Suyuchun', as the winner of the Best Performance Award. 'Suyucheon' is a story about a female university lecturer who has not been working for several years and asks her uncle to direct a sketch. In addition to Kim Min-hee, Kwon Hae-hyo, Cho Yoon-hee, and Ha Sung-guk appeared.

Kim Min-hee, who attended the ceremony with her lover Hong Sang-soo, took the stage after the winner was called and thanked the Locarno Film Festival and the jury," he said in Korean.



He "It was a work I wanted to shoot for a long time, but five days was too short for me. The shooting time was short, but I was happy and happy"I am so grateful to the audience for warm words after watching this work. And director Hong Sang-soo, who made such a beautiful movie, I love your movie so much. Thank you for working together."

 'I love your movie so much'Hong Sang-soo ♥'Kim Min-hee holds hands to win the Locarno Film Festival's Best Performance Award
Above all, Kim Min-hee drew attention on the camera in real-time by returning to her seat after winning the award, handing over her award trophy to director Hong Sang-soo and burying her face on his shoulder. It was Kim Min-hee who did not let go of director Hong Sang-soo's hand at the best moment, posing while holding his hand in a photo shoot to commemorate the winner.



Marking its 77th anniversary this year, the Locarno Film Festival is the oldest small film festival in Europe to be held in the Locarno area of Switzerland. It is one of the world's six major film festivals and is attracting the attention of Cinephil from all over the world, and in particular, it is a film festival with high interest from domestic audiences as it introduces new works by famous domestic directors several times.

 'I love your movie so much'Hong Sang-soo ♥'Kim Min-hee holds hands to win the Locarno Film Festival's Best Performance Award
Earlier, director Hong Sang-soo, who is married, developed a relationship with Kim Min-hee after 'Right Now, Wrong Then', and officially announced his romantic relationship with Kim Min-hee at a press conference for the domestic premiere of 'Alone at Night Beach'. Since then, he has filed for divorce from his wife, but he has continued to be disgraced by continuing his affair with Kim Min-hee for nine years as he gave up losing and appealing.





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