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Where to start? Throughout the movie I believed I was watching a documentary. It is so real, the actors are flawless, their emotions authentic, the scenes are long and simple, and the plot exposes the characters from all perspectives. This is nothing like your standard entertainment movie but a character study. Thematically, there is a bit of Parasite, with a contrast between two levels of society, and the recent No Other Choice, since it touches on the issue of workers losing their jobs due to recent technology and company restructuring. In that sense, the movie is very relevant and current.

The movie basically has two titles: Possible Love and Thou shalt not covet (which is the 10th Commandment from the Decalogue). Knowing that this movie was made to be one part of a modern retelling of the 10 Commandments as an homage to Krzysztof Kieślowski makes us watch the movie differently.

I also want to touch on the published title: Possible Love. This might be deceiving if you think about attraction between a man and a woman. The movie reminds us that love is much more than simple romance or eroticism. Love is caritas, a moral category of helping others; love is also agape, the religious sense of unconditional belonging and mercy. Love is acceptance, understanding, endurance, forgiveness… Check 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 for more. This movie will make you think about that kind of love, and for that, it is worth seeing.

Oh my! The more i think about it, the more i like the movie. I would even compare it to Kim Ki-duk for exploring the human nature, but a more gentler version.