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DECISION TO LEAVE 

헤어질결심  | 分手的决心

South Korea | Drama/Romance/Thriller | 2022 | 138 minutes | in Korean and Mandarin with English subtitles

Director: Park Chan-wook
Screenwriter: Chung Seo-kyung 
Starring: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei

Synopsis:
What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession?

Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to dizzying new heights. From a mountain peak in South Korea, a businessman plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon (Park Hae-il, The Host) arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae (Tang Wei, Lust, Caution) may know more than she initially lets on. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, Hae-joon finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire, proving that the darkest mysteries lurk inside the human heart. With nods toward classic Hollywood and Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Decision to Leave is an essential masterwork from the legendary Park Chan-wook, infused with elegance, ingenuity, and a knife-edge precision that truly cannot be matched.

Awards:

• Cannes Film Festival 2022 | Winner: Best Director
• 80th annual Golden Globe Awards | Nomination: Best Motion Picture (Foreign Language)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2022 | Winner: Best Cinematography
• Indiewire Critics' Poll 2022 | Winner: Best Cinematography, Best International Film, Best Foreign Language Film

Reviews:

• "From the very first destabilizing moments of this movie, Park dazzles you with the beauty of his images and the intoxicating bravura of his unfettered imagination." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times

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