Decision to Leave

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Decision to Leave
File:Decision to Leave film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Park Chan-wook
Produced by Park Chan-wook
Written by <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Jeong Seo-kyeong
  • Park Chan-wook
Starring <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Music by Jo Yeong-wook
Cinematography Kim Ji-yong
Edited by Kim Sang-bum
Production
company
Moho Film
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release dates
<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) (Cannes)
  • 29 June 2022 (2022-06-29) (South Korea)
Running time
139 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$22.4 million[1][2]

Decision to Leave (Hangul헤어질 결심; hanja헤어질 決心; RRHeeojil gyeolsim; lit. Resolution to Break Up) is a 2022 South Korean romantic mystery film produced, co-written and directed by Park Chan-wook. It stars Tang Wei and Park Hae-il.[3]

In April 2022, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival,[4][5] where Park Chan-wook won Best Director.[6] Decision to Leave was released theatrically on 29 June 2022 in South Korea.[7] The film received acclaim from critics, who praised Chan-wook's direction, the cinematography, and the performances of Hae-il and Wei. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards,[8] making the December shortlist.[9] It was also named one of the top 5 international films of 2022 by the National Board of Review.[10]

Plot

An insomniac detective, Hae-Jun, works in Busan and only sees his wife, Jung-An, a nuclear power plant worker residing in Ipo, once a week. Hae-Jun and his partner, Soo-Wan, encounter a case where a retired immigration officer, Ki Do Soo, is found dead at the foot of a mountain he often climbed. They interview his much younger wife, Seo-Rae, an emigrant from China who works as a caretaker for seniors. They suspect her because of her insufficient displays of grief, a scratch on her hand, bruises on her legs and torso, and a tattoo of Ki's initials in the manner that he marked his other belongings.

Hae-Jun does nightly stakeouts outside of Seo-Rae's apartment building, becoming obsessed with her and imagining himself inside her apartment. Seo-Rae discovers him stalking her and tails his other investigations in turn. Seo-Rae's Monday client says that Seo-Rae was with her on the day that Ki died. Seo-Rae admits that in China, she killed her mother with fentanyl pills because her mother was terminally ill and asked her to do so. Before dying, she told Seo-Rae to go to Korea to claim the mountain her Korean grandfather, an independence fighter in Manchuria, had left her. Soo-Wan and Hae-Jun discover letters from Ki admitting to being a corrupt immigration official and a letter sent to Ki's subordinate that they interpret as a suicide letter. Hae-Jun concludes that the death is a suicide and informs Seo-Rae that she is no longer a suspect.

Seo-Rae and Hae-Jun go on a date at a Buddhist temple, visit each other's homes, and become close. Seo-Rae burns the photo evidence from her husband's case, reasoning that Hae-Jun's insomnia is caused by his haunting cases. One day, she has Hae-Jun substitute for her at her Monday client. Hae-Jun learns that Seo-Rae and the client have the same model of cell phone, and the client has dementia and does not know the day of the week. On the client's cell phone, he sees that the housebound woman apparently walked up 138 flights of stairs on the day of Ki's death. Hae-Jun realizes that Seo-Rae switched phones with her client on the day of the murder and then climbed the mountain to push Ki off. She also forged his suicide note and got close to Hae-Jun to destroy his evidence. Hae-Jun tells Seo-Rae that she has destroyed his pride in his job and that, since meeting her, he has become "shattered", but instructs her to throw the incriminating phone into the sea.

Thirteen months later, Hae-Jun has moved to Ipo to live with Jung-An after developing depression and more severe insomnia. At the fish market with Jung-An, he encounters Seo-Rae with Im Ho-Shin, her new husband, a business investor. The next day, Ho-Shin is found dead in his mansion's swimming pool. Hae-Jun is convinced Seo-Rae is the culprit. She admits only to draining the pool so that Hae-Jun would not be disturbed by the blood. Sa Cheol-Seong, a Chinese immigrant, soon confesses to killing Ho-Shin for defrauding his late mother of millions of dollars. Sa denies that Seo-Rae played any role and reveals he had installed a tracker on Seo-Rae's phone so he knew where she was at all times.

Hae-Jun confronts Seo-Rae at the mountain her grandfather left her. She tells him that Ho-Shin had discovered a phone recording where Hae-Jun told Seo-Rae that he loved her and he had threatened to expose their illicit relationship. Hae-Jun doesn't recall telling Seo-Rae that he loved her, though she says she began loving him as he stopped loving her. She reaches Hae-Jun at the edge of the mountain and hugs him. They kiss passionately. Jung-An leaves Hae-Jun when he returns home, suspecting an affair with Seo-Rae.

The next day, Hae-Jun learns that Seo-Rae visited Sa's mother in the hospital and the mother died later that day. He concludes that Seo-Rae slipped the mother the remaining fentanyl pills she had in her possession, because Sa had threatened to kill Ho-Shin as soon as his mother died. Hae-Jun tracks Seo-Rae's phone via the tracker Sa installed on her phone and chases her to a beach. There, he finds her empty car and the cell phone with the recording on the dashboard. He plays the recording, and it contains his instructions for Seo-Rae to destroy the phone with incriminating evidence from Ki's case. Further out on the shore, Seo-Rae digs a pit in the sand and gets in it as the tide rises, letting it drown and bury her. Hae-Jun arrives at the beach and is unable to find Seo-Rae, although she is actually buried in the sand beneath him. He searches desperately for her and cries in anguish.

Cast

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

Production

The film is produced by Moho Film and is financed and distributed by CJ Entertainment. It began principal photography in October 2020.[17][18]

Release

Decision to Leave was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival to be held from 17 to 28 May 2022.[19] It screened for the first time at the Lumière Grand Theater on 23 May 2022 and was subsequently released theatrically in South Korea on 29 June 2022.[20] According to CJ E&M, the film was sold to 192 countries ahead of its premiere in competition at Cannes.[21][22]

In April 2022, streaming service Mubi acquired the rights to release the film in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, India and Turkey, to be streamed after its theatrical release later in the year.[23]

Decision to Leave had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022,[24] and its US premiere at Fantastic Fest Film Festival took place in the same month.[25] It was released theatrically in the United States and United Kingdom on 14 October 2022,[26] and in Australia in the same week.[27]

Reception

Box office

The film was released on 29 June 2022 on 1,374 screens.[2][28] It opened at first place on Korean box office with 114,592 admissions.[29][30] On 13 July, after two weeks of release, the film surpassed 1 million cumulative admissions.[31]

As of 7 January 2023, it is the tenth highest-grossing Korean film of 2022, with a gross of US$15,589,120 and 1,893,954 admissions.[2]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 185 reviews of the film are positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads "If Decision to Leave isn't quite on the same level as Park Chan-wook's masterpieces, this romantic thriller is still a remarkable achievement by any other metric."[32] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 based on 44 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[33]

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter, praising the director Park Chan-wook, wrote "A world-class artist at the top of his game...all while navigating multilayered plots that continue to deliver surprises right up until the end. It's a luxury to put yourself as a viewer in such capable hands."[34]

Peter Howell of Toronto Star rated the film 4 out of 4 and wrote "every frame is like a painting, with hints to character motivation and plot twists."[35]

Rafael Motamayor of Slash Film rated the film 7 out of 10 and wrote "This [the film] is not as surprising or innovative as director Park's earlier work, but it is still a fascinating and exquisitely directed film about desire, regret, and love."[36]

Luke Goodsell of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation called the film "a testament to Park's undimmed talent...Decision to Leave is one of his best".[27]

Accolades

Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2023 Best Non-English Language Film Decision to Leave Won [37]
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2022 Best Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong Nominated [38]
Asian Film Awards 2023 Best Film Decision to Leave Pending [39]
Best Director Park Chan-wook Pending
Best Actor Park Hae-il Pending
Best Actress Tang Wei Pending
Best Screenplay Jhung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook Pending
Best Editing Kim Sang-bum Pending
Best Cinematography Kim Ji-yong Pending
Best Music Jo Yeong-wook Pending
Best Production Design Ryu Seong-hie Pending
Best Sound Kim Suk-won Pending
Asian Journalists Association 2022 AJA Awards Park Hae-il Won [40]
Austin Film Critics Association 2023 Best Director Park Chan-wook Pending [41]
Best International Film Decision to Leave Pending
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2022 Best Actor Park Hae-il Won [42][43]
Best Actress Tang Wei Won
Best Director Park Chan-wook Won
Best Film Decision to Leave Won
Best Music Jo Yeong-wook Won
Best Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong Won
Popular Star Award Go Kyung-pyo Won
Best Art Direction Ryu Seong-hee Nominated
Best Cinematography and Lighting Kim Ji-yong, Shin Sang-yeol Nominated
Best Editing Kim Sang-beom Nominated
Best New Actress Kim Shin-young Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Go Kyung-pyo Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Lee Jung-hyun Nominated
Technical Award Kwak Jeong-ae Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics 2022 Best Editing Kim Sang-bum Won [44]
British Independent Film Awards 2022 Best International Independent Film Park Chan-Wook, Chung Seo-Kyung Nominated [45]
Buil Film Awards 2022 Best Actor Park Hae-il Won [46][47]
Best Actress Tang Wei Won
Best Cinematography Kim Ji-yong Won
Best Film Decision to Leave Won
Best Music Jo Yeong-wook Won
Art and Technology Ryu Seong-Hie Nominated
Best Director Park Chan-wook Nominated
Best Screenplay Jeong Seo-kyeong, Park Chan-wook Nominated
Busan Film Critics Awards 2022 Best Actor Park Hae-il Won [48]
Cannes Film Festival 2022 Best Director Park Chan-wook Won [6]
Palme d'Or Decision to Leave Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association 2022 Best Cinematography Kim Ji-Yong Won [49][50]
Best Director Park Chan-wook Nominated
Best Best Editing Kim Sang-beom Nominated
Best Film Decision to Leave Nominated
Best Foreign Language Film Won
Chunsa Film Art Awards 2022 Best Actor Park Hae-il Won [51][52]
Best Actress Tang Wei Won
Best Director Park Chan-wook Won
Best Screenplay Jeong Seo-kyung Nominated
Technical Award Kim Ji-yong Nominated
Cine21 Awards 2022 Actor of the Year Park Hae-il Won [53]
Actress of the Year Tang Wei Won
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2023 Best Foreign Language Film Decision to Leave Pending [54]
Critics Choice Awards
Asian Pacific Cinema & Television
2022 Director Award Park Chan-wook Won [55]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2022 Best Foreign Language Film Decision to Leave Won [56]
Florida Film Critics Circle 2022 Best Actor Park Hae-il Runner-up [57]
[58]
Best Actress Tang Wei Runner-up
Best Director Park Chan-wook Won
Best Cinematography Kim Ji-yong Won
Best Foreign Language Film Decision to Leave Won
Best Original Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-Gyeong Won
Best Picture Decision to Leave Runner-up
Georgia Film Critics Association 2023 Best Actor Park Hae-il Pending [59]
Best Actress Tang Wei Pending
Best Director Park Chan-wook Pending
Best International Film Decision to Leave Pending
Best Picture Pending
Golden Cinematography Awards 2022 Best Director Park Chan-wook Won [60]
Best Actor Park Hae-il Won
Best Actress Tang Wei Won
Golden Globe Awards 2023 Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language Decision to Leave Nominated [61]
Gotham Independent Film Awards 2022 Best International Feature Nominated [62]
Grand Bell Awards 2022 Best Actor Park Hae-il Won [63]
Best Film Decision to Leave Won
Best Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong Won
Best Actress Tang Wei Nominated [64]
Best Art Direction Ryu Seong-hee Nominated
Best Cinematography Kim Ji-young Nominated
Best Costume Design Kwak Jeong-ae Nominated
Best Director Park Chan-wook Nominated
Best Film Editing Kim Sang-beom Nominated
Best Lighting Shin Sang-yeol Nominated
Best Music Jo Yeong-wook Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2023 Best Director Park Chan-wook Pending [65]
Best International Film Decision to Leave Pending
Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Awards 2023 Best Editing Kim Sang-bum Pending [66]
Houston Film Critics Society 2023 Best Foreign Language Feature Decision to Leave Pending [67]
Jerusalem Film Festival 2022 Best International Film Decision to Leave Nominated [68]
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Actress Tang Wei Won [69]
Best Cinematography Kim Ji-young Won
Best Director Park Chan-wook Won
Best Music Jo Yeong-wook Won
Best Picture Decision to Leave Won
Best Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong Won
Korean Association of Film 10 selections of Kim Hyun-seung Decision to Leave Won
Korean Film Producers Association Award Best Film Won [70]
Best Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong Won
Best Actress Tang Wei Won
Best Supporting Actress Kim Shin-young Won
Best Music and light Jo Yeong-wook, Shin Sang-yeol Won
LACMA Art + Film Gala Art+Film Gala Park Chan-wook Won [71]
London Film Critics' Circle 2023 Director of the Year Park Chan-wook Pending [72]
Film of the Year Decision to Leave Pending
Foreign Language Film of the Year Pending
Technical Achievement Award Kim Ji-yong Pending
Miskolc International Film Festival 2022 Emeric Pressburger Prize Decision to Leave Nominated [73]
National Board of Review 2022 Top Five Foreign Language Films Won [74]
National Society of Film Critics 2023 Best Cinematography Kim Ji-yong 3rd place [75]
Best Director Park Chan-wook Runner-up
Best Foreign Language Film Decision to Leave 3rd place
New Mexico Critics Awards 2022 Best Supporting Actress Tang Wei Won [76]
Oslo Films from the South Festival Silver Mirror Decision to Leave Nominated [77]
San Diego Film Critics Society 2023 Best International Film Nominated [78]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle 2023 Best International Feature Film Won [79]
Best Cinematography Kim Ji-yong Nominated
Satellite Awards 2022 Best Motion Picture – International Decision to Leave Pending [80]
Seattle Film Critics Society 2023 Best Cinematography Kim Ji-yong Pending [81]
Best Film Editing Kim Sang-beom Pending
Best Film Not in the English Language Decision to Leave Pending
Best Picture Pending
Best Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung Pending
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 2022 Best International Film Decision to Leave Won [82]
Best Original Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Gong Seo-kyeong Nominated
Sunset Circle Awards 2022 Best Actress Tang Wei Nominated [83]
Best Director Park Chan-wook Nominated
Best Editing Kim Sang-beom Nominated
Best Screenplay Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong Nominated
Best Film Decision to Leave Nominated
Best International Feature Runner-up [84]
Toronto Film Critics Association 2023 Best International Feature Film Runner-up [85]
Valladolid International Film Festival 2022 José Salcedo Award for Best Editing Kim Sang-beom Won [86]
Golden Spike (Best Picture) Decision to Leave Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2022 Best International/Foreign Language Film Won [87]
Women in Film Korea Festival 2022 Best Screenplay Jeong Seo-kyeong Won [88]

Listicle

Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Polygon 2022 The Best Movies of 2022 2nd [89]
IndieWire 2022 The 25 Best Movies of 2022 5th [90]
The New York Times 2022 Best Movies of 2022 8th [91]
The Guardian 2022 Best Movies of 2022 in the US 9th [92]
The Independent 2022 The Best Films of 2022, Ranked. 12th [93]
Empire 2022 The Best Movies of 2022 17th [94]
The Hollywood Reporter 2022 Critics Pick the Best Films of 2022 2nd [95]

See also

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20209654
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. 27.0 27.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  31. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  36. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  37. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  38. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  40. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  41. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  43. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  44. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  45. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  46. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  47. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  48. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  49. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  50. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  51. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  52. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  53. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  54. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  55. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  56. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  57. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  58. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  59. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  60. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  61. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  62. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  63. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  64. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  65. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  66. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  67. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  68. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  69. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  70. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  71. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  72. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  73. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  74. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  75. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  76. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  77. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  78. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  79. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  80. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  81. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  82. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  83. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  84. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  85. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  86. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  87. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  88. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  89. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  90. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  91. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  92. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  93. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  94. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  95. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Script error: The function "top" does not exist.

Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist.