South Korea's Song Kang-ho wins best actor prize in Cannes

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CANNES, FRANCE (AFP) - South Korea's Song Kang-ho clinched the best actor prize in Cannes on Saturday (May 28) for his role in Broker about a woman dropping off an unwanted child in a 'baby box' for adoption. Song, who also starred in the global hit Parasite, plays a...

Since then, he has appeared in more than 30 films and worked with top South Korean filmmakers including Park Chan-wook, Kang Je-gyu and Lee Chang-dong.

Another South Korean winner at Canne on Saturday was film-maker Park Chan-wook, who took the festival's best director award for his erotic crime movie Decision To Leave. It was warmly received by Cannes audiences. The BBC called it a"cracking romantic thriller" and Screen said that"even without the extreme shock tactics of some of his earlier work, Park can craft a deeply satisfying and potentially commercial thriller".

 

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