Cannes Review: Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision To Leave’; His First Film To Premiere At Cannes Since 2016
23.05.2022 - 20:05
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Detective Hae-joon investigating the death of a man who fell from a mountain top. When he meets the deceased man’s wife in Park Chan-wook’s latest film in competition at Cannes, Decision To Leave.
It’s been six years since the director had a film at the festival with 2016’s The Handmaiden, which made a splash at the festival that year. Will Decision To Leave get the same unanimous applause? Well, that depends on if you like the whole movie or just parts of it. I am in the later category. Is it as strong as some of his other films? No, but the characters make taking the entire 2:18 minute ride through to the end worth it.
Seo-rae (Tang Wei), is now a widow. Her husband tumbled off of cliff accidentally. Or did he? Hae-Joon starts to suspect her to be the killer. He has a reason, as her affect is flat when a woman should be grieving, right? This doesn’t stop Hae-joon because he begins to fall to the point of obsession. Her quiet and mysterious demeanor is like an intoxicating to a man who is use to having all the answers. As the investigation drags on, Hae Joon’s life begins to unravel his stalkerish behavior becomes noticed by Seo-rae and she begins to play into it. He’s so enamored with her that he doesn’t realize he’s screwed up the whole investigation and can’t go forward with it without things looking suspicious. Even his detective partner calls him out on how he’s handling this case and showing favor to the suspect. To get free of her, he and his wife, (yes, he’s married), move to another location. But getting rid of her isn’t going to be easy.
Seo-rae as their developing relationship is torn between suspicion and attraction, and as the investigation slowly reveals more details about the past, the complex,
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