Director Hong Sangsoo and Kim Min-hee couple have won another award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Director Hong Sangsoo and Kim Min-hee attended the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival Awards in Berlin, Germany, on February 16 (local time). Since 2016, the two people who have only the "infidel couple" modifier are attending only overseas schedules because domestic public opinion is not good.
The film "The Novelist's Movie", directed by Hong Sangsoo and starring Kim Min-hee as the production director, won the Grand Prize for the Silver Bear Award. It is the second prize after the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture.
Earlier, Hong Sangsoo won the Best Director Award for "The Runaway Woman" in 2020 and won the screenplay award for "Introduction" in 2021. It is the third consecutive year and the fourth silver bear award.
"I was so surprised that I really did not expect it," said Hong Sangsoo. I do not know what to tell you, "said Kim Min-hee, who was invited by director Hong Sangsoo, who said," I felt that the audience really loved the movie. But I came down without saying thank you. I was impressed and I don't think I'll forget it. Thank you so much," he said in a daunting small meeting.
In this new film "The Novelist's Movie" directed by Hong Sangsoo, invited to the competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, Lee Hye-young, who was in the spotlight with Hong Sangsoo's previous film "In front of your face", and Kim Min-hee, who won the Berlin International Film Festival Best Actress Award for "On the Beach of the Night" Seo Young-hwa, Kwon Hae-hyo, Cho Yoon-hee, Ki-bong, Park Mi-so and Ha Sung-guk participated together.
Director Hong Sangsoo and Kim Min-hee are only attending overseas film festivals. This is because director Hong Sangsoo's divorce failed to remove the "infidel couple" tag for the two as they failed.
In late 2016, director Hong Sangsoo filed for divorce from his wife, A. After an alleged "infidelity" with Kim Min-hee was reported in August of the same year. After a three-year court battle, in June 2019, the court ruled that "the plaintiff's claim is dismissed" in the first trial of the divorce suit between director Hong Sangsoo and his wife A. It was a decision based on a paternalism that the responsible Actor of the marriage breakdown could not demand a divorce against the other party's will.
At the time, director Hong Sangsoo said through a legal representative, "I decided not to appeal the first trial of the divorce lawsuit to concentrate on the production and current life." "The fact that my marriage life is completely over. If social conditions are met, we will be confirmed by the court again. "Since then, we have been engaged in working with Kim Min-hee.
Two people who attended the Berlin International Film Festival, even with the Coupling, are paying attention to when they will be seen in the official domestic awards.