Li Cangdong's "If Love Is If" won the Venice Film Festival Jury Prize, Johnnie To praised the most mature work

Famous South Korean director Lee Chang-dong won the Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice Film Festival for "If Love Is If", second only to the highest honor "Golden Lion". It is rumored that some judges insisted on not letting Lee Chang-dong be crowned the king. However, the relevant content has not been confirmed by the film festival official or the jury members, and can only be regarded as off-site rumors.

Interestingly, Hong Kong director Johnnie To, one of the judges this year, rated "If Love Is If" extremely high. He bluntly said that Li Cangdong has entered a "very good state" this time, and even directly rated the new work as the "most mature" work in his director career so far.

Johnnie To believes that Lee Chang-dong buried a lot of details in the film, but viewers who are not familiar with the Korean social background or Lee Chang-dong's creative style may not be able to fully understand it at the first time. This is what makes the work intriguing. Johnnie To said frankly that he was actually "not very good at making this kind of movie", but when he sat in the theater to watch "If Love Is If", he was still firmly gripped by the strong feelings brought about by the work, "I was very involved."

"If Love Is If" stars Jeon Do-yeon, Seol Kyung-gu, Jo In-sung and Cao Ru-zhen as a dream cast. Through the intersection of two couples with completely different classes, they tear apart the gap between marriage, desire and class. It will be screened on Netflix and the Golden Horse Film Festival.