Decision to Leave

media release: South Korea | 2022 | DCP | 138 min. | Korean with English subtitles 

Director: Park Chan-wook; Cast: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Go Kyung-pyo 

This seductive, twisty neonoir is first movie in six years from South Korean master Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden, Oldboy). A straightlaced detective investigating a suspicious death begins to fall for the victim’s beautiful young wife—even as history begins to repeat itself. Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Park’s romantic thriller is the work of “a world-class artist at the top of his game” (The Hollywood Reporter).

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