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Starlet Receives Best Actress Award at Milan Film Fest

Lee Yoo-young picked up the best actress award at the Milan International Film Festival on Monday for her portrayal of a young mother of two in postwar Korea for the film "Late Spring".

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She is the first Korean to receive the honor at the festival, dubbed Italy's Sundance.

Directed by Jo Geun-hyeon of "26 Years" fame, the movie is set in the 1960s, when Korea was impoverished in the wake of the 1950-53 Korean War.

Despite suffering many hardships and poverty, Lee's character retains her sense of innocence and optimism, like a ray of sunshine in spring.

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