Kim Hye-soo Celebrated at Int'l Film Festival

Korean actress Kim Hye-soo was praised as the "Monica Bellucci of Asia" at an international film festival on Saturday. Kim was participating in the closing ceremony of the 9th Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy on the weekend. The Udine festival is the largest film event for Asian movies in Europe.

Looking every inch an Asian diva, Kim appeared on stage with Sabrina Baracetti, the president of the festival. While expressing her gratitude to the Korean actress, Baracetti compared Kim to Monica Bellucci, the sexy Italian film star.

Kim was present for the screening of two of her movies, "Tazza: The High Rollers" and "A Good Day to Have an Affair". Thanks to her popularity, tickets for the screenings at "il teatro nuovo giovanni da udin" were sold out. Following the movie, the audience shouted their praises for Kim, calling her "bellissima" or beautiful, and "una donna bellissima", or one of the most beautiful women.

She also attracted a lot of attention from the local press and reporters from all over the world, indicating the possibility that she may become a global star. Kim also took the time to answer questions from about 30 journalists, including RaiRadio TV of Italy.

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