2022 · romance · thriller · mystery
Decision to Leave
Directed by Park Chan-wook2h 19m2022
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.
Our read: Decision to Leave (2022) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded romance · thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured romance / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
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