The global film 'Fast Lives', jointly invested and distributed by CJ ENM and American Hollywood studio A24, is receiving a warm response at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.
According to CJ ENM on the 24th, 'Fast Lives' advanced to the competition section of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. At this year's film festival, 19 works, including 'Fast Lives', were nominated for the competition section, and an awards ceremony will be held on the 25th local time where the Golden Bear Award, the best work award, will be awarded.
Among these, 'Fast Lives' ranked first with a rating of 3.6 stars (out of 4) among the ratings for international competition films released by Screendaily, a leading foreign media outlet, as of the 21st, raising expectations for the award. .
The Times gave 'Fast Lives' 5 stars and praised it as "the best film at the festival, without a doubt the best film of the year so far and a strong contender for next year's Oscars." Loud and Clear also gave the film a perfect score of 5 stars and said, "Few films can top this exquisite drama." Slant Magazine gave the film 3 stars out of 4 and commented, “This film shows how connections between people formed in the past take on new forms over time.” Additionally, the Rotten Tomatoes index is also showing 100%.
‘Fast Lives’ stars Greta Lee and Teo Yoo of the Netflix TV series ‘Like Russian Doll’ and is directed by Korean-Canadian Celine Song. The film tells the story of a man and a woman who met as children in Korea and reunite in New York 20 years later. It received rave reviews from local media and audiences after its world premiere at the 39th Sundance Film Festival held in January.
Meanwhile, 'Fest Lives' is scheduled to be released in North America within the year, and will be distributed worldwide by A24 and CJ ENM.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr