Synopsis
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
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Cast
- Tang WeiSong Seo-rae
- Park Hae-ilJang Hae-joon
- Lee Jung-hyunJeong-ahn
- Go Kyung-pyoSoo-wan
- Park Yong-wooLim Ho-shin
- Kim Shin-youngYeon-su
- Yoo Seung-mokKi Do-soo
- Jung Yi-seoMi-ji
- Jung Young-sookMonday Granny
- Lee Hak-juLee Ji-goo
Recommendations
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The Guardian
It’s a gorgeously and grippingly made picture and Tang Wei is magnificent. - 100
The Hollywood Reporter
Crafted with unforced humor, ravishing visuals and commanding maturity, Decision to Leave intoxicates with its potent brew of love, emotional manipulation — or is it? —and obsession. - 91
IndieWire
Park’s funny, playful, and increasingly poignant crime thriller is less interested in what Hae-joon (Park Hae-il) knows about his suspect than in how he feels about her - 91
The Playlist
Decision to Leave is ultimately a seductive romance, one made all the more fascinating by the boundaries the characters tread but never dare cross. Stories of longing are so tantalizing because they hang in that gray space of potential. The build-up is often more gratifying than the release, and Park wrings it for all its worth. - 90
Screen Daily
With this seductive, serpentine neo-noir, Park Chan-wook raises the bar on the 2022 Cannes competition programme and reasserts his position as a peerless visual stylist. But there’s nothing superficial or superfluous about his style here: it’s all in the service of the film’s mercurial and at times disorientating blend of crime and passion. - 80
Total Film
A master filmmaker mines cinema’s glamorous past in a nostalgic neo-noir you don’t so much watch as surrender to. - 80
BBC
The investigation is exquisitely constructed, with a stream of revelations, some pulse-pounding action and continuous glimmers of wry humour. It's also a model of elegance and restraint. - 80
The Telegraph
The shot-making is sensational, and the film knows it; the camera does things you’ve never seen before, say with focus in an interrogation room mirror, and the whole saga’s edited as though Park can’t wait to show you what’s up his sleeve.
