Song Kang-Ho, ‘Broker’ And ‘Decision To Leave’ Win Big At Cannes Film FestivalFour Korean films were shown at the
2022 Cannes Film Festival, which ran from May 17 to 28. The films were Park Chan-wook’s romantic mystery
Decision to Leave, director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s
Broker, Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut
Hunt and Jung July’s drama,
Next Sohee. Two of those films won top honors.
Broker received a
12-minute standing ovation at its festival screening and won the Ecumenical Jury Award for best film.
Song Kang-ho’s role in
Broker won him the Cannes award for
Best Actor.Park Chan-wook took home the Cannes award for
Best Director.Lee Jung-jae’s film
Hunt, premiered in Cannes’ Midnight Screening, also receiving a
standing ovation. Decision to Leave was sold to
192 countries and territories, including France, North America, Turkey, India, and Japan, with tentative plans for a fall theater release. Before its Cannes premiere
Broker was sold to
171 countries.
