Godusim Wins Best Actress Award at Asian Film Festival

"Parents Would Have Been Truly Happy If They Were Alive"

Actress Go Doo-shim (70) received an award for the first time at an overseas film festival. Distributor Myeong Films announced on the 24th that Go won the Best Actress award for the film The Shining Moment at the 18th Asian Film Festival, which concluded on the 23rd in Rome, Italy.

The Shining Moment is a drama about Jin-ok (Go Doo-shim), a 70-year-old Jeju haenyeo (female diver), and Kyung-hoon (Ji Hyun-woo), a documentary director covering her, who comfort each other by healing their wounds. Go expresses the human outcry and harsh daily life through the breathy sound of 숨비소리, a traditional breath held and released by haenyeo, symbolizing cutting off desires. The festival praised her performance as "a thoughtful and delicate interpretation of a woman who rediscovers love and life beyond old wounds."

Go said in her acceptance speech, "I am very grateful that The Shining Moment was well received on the other side of the world," adding, "If my parents were alive, they would have been truly happy."

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