Archive of films Decision to Leave / Heojil kyolshim

South Korea
2022, 138 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2022

A strange death in the mountains, a mysterious widow, and a detective slowly discovering unwanted emotions. Can one silence the past for the sake of love? This stylish romance full of mysterious plot twists resists labeling as the South Korean master of the mystery thriller comes up with one great idea after another. A well-deserved best director winner at Cannes.

Synopsis

Detective Hae-joon is investigating the death of a man who fell from a mountain under unclear circumstances. “I worry when he does not come back from the mountain, thinking he might have died at last,” the dead man’s widow Seo-rae says vaguely and with a strange detachment, which immediately makes her a suspect. But the thing that confuses Hae-joon more than this mysterious statement are his slowly awakening emotions… What to do when the shadow of a crime hangs over blossoming love? Should one silence the past for the sake of love? This stylish romance full of mysterious plot twists resists labeling as the South Korean master of the mystery thriller comes up with one great idea after another. A well-deserved best director winner at Cannes.

Martin Horyna

About the director

Park Chan-wook (1963, Seoul). Selected filmography: Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Old Boy (2003), Lady Vengeance (2005), I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006), Thirst (2009), The Handmaiden (2016), Decision to Leave (2022).

Contacts

CJ Entertainment Inc.
26th Fl., Parnas Tower 521, Teheran-ro, 06 164, Seoul
Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
E-mail: [email protected]

Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.aerofilms.cz

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Horizons

Director:	Park Chan-wook
Screenplay:	Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook
Dir. of Photography:	Kim Ji-yong
Music:	Cho Young-wuk
Sound:	Kim Suk-won
Editor:	Kim Sang-bum
Art Director:	Ryu Seong-hie
Producer:	Park Chan-wook
Production:	Moho Film
Cast:	Tang Wei, Park Hae-il
Sales:	CJ Entertainment Inc.
Distributor:	Aerofilms