The Korean government is not able to see the couple`s long-term appearance at the International Film Festival, which has been a trophy for the first time in Korea. While presenting his work, he is not participating in the event at all.
Hong Sangsoo's 27th feature film "The Movie of a Novelist" will be released on the 21st. 'The Novelist's Movie' is a story about a novelist Junhee who persuades actress Gil Soo to make a movie by looking for a long way to a younger bookstore. Actor Lee Hye-young, who starred in Hong Sangsoo's previous film "In front of your face," divides novelist Jun-hee. Lover Kim Min-hee also stars as the main Actor, Gil-soo.
Hong received the Silver Bear Award for the judges at the Berlin International Film Festival held in February.
He won the Best Director Award for "The Runaway Woman" in 2020 and the Screenplay Award for "Introduction" last year. Hong Sangsoo shared the joy of the award with his lover and his muse, Kim Min-hee. The two men combined all the schedules with a coupling, and expressed their unreserved love affair in an open place, such as a hug at the time of Hong Sangsoo's call as the winner.
I don’t understand, because the public’s stinging gaze on the two men who have not been labeled “infidelity” remains. The two made a connection through the movie "Now I'm Right and Then I'm Wrong" released in 2015. Then, in the 2017 film "On the Beach of the Night" media premiere, he confessed that he was "love each other" and said he was a lover. Kim Min-hee said, "I will humbly accept the situation that is coming to me." Although he lost his divorce case with his wife in 2019, Hong has been in a seven-year relationship with Kim Min-hee this year.
The atmosphere abroad is quite different from the domestic one. Domestic netizens who received the Berlin International Film Festival received a cold response saying, "I do not care," "Let me see it," and "I am not proud." However, the Berlin International Film Festival's judging panel called Hong Sang-su the master of brevity. "We will have the courage to change our values in this shady society that only expands materially," he said.
Kim Min-hee won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the 67th Berlin Film Festival for the film "Only at the Beach of the Night." Hong Sangsoo took four silver bear awards. The two are not necessarily recognized creators and Actors as they have been awarded at the Berlin Film Festival, which is called the three major film festivals, but the criticism and public reactions are still disparaged. It is a public evaluation that seven years is short to remove the name tag "infidelity." It is because it is unreasonable to want domestic activities for Hong Sangsoo and Kim Min-hee walking the path of "My Way".