Possible Love Explores Identity, Labor, and Disappearing Work

Possible Love is a South Korean movie chosen for an Oscar category.

The movie is connected to director Lee Chang-dong’s concerns about workers losing their jobs.

Nearly eight years ago, he learned about mass layoffs at a Korean car company.

The layoffs led to a strike and a government crackdown.

Lee thought the event could change Korea’s labor movement and industry.

He wanted to show how technology and class differences can make work disappear.

He began writing and preparing the movie.

Later, he wondered whether he was the right person to tell this story, so production stopped for a time.