Park Chan-wook On South Korea’s Oscar Entry ‘Decision To Leave’: “Our Lives Are Filled With Mysteries” – Contenders International
deadline.comFresh from its success at the Cannes Film Festival where it won Best Director, Decision to Leave marks the first time a film by Park Chan-wook — long believed to be one of South Korea’s finest contemporary filmmakers — has represented his country at the Oscars.
A friendly rivalry with Parasite director Bong Joon-ho, who won in 2019 with the first Korean film ever to be nominated, only heightens the anticipation for its chances.
Starring Park Hae-il as Detective Jang Hae-jun and Tang Wei as the mysterious widow Song Seo-rae, Decision to Leave is a slow-burn thriller that repays repeated viewing.
Speaking during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: International award-season event, Park laid out the film’s premise. RELATED: The – Deadline’s Full Coverage “This is a story about a detective,” he said, “and he is in charge of a case in which a man has fallen from a mountain and died, and his wife is his primary suspect.
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