Winner, Cannes Best Director

Decision to Leave is an exceptional love story and a sublime noir thriller that invites the audience not to seek a culprit or a solution to the riddles proposed by the plot, but to get lost in a mesmerizing tangle of tension, slow-burning desire and subtle emotions. The resulting experience is a personal and highly satisfying immersion in pure cinema. Everything starts with a fall. A man who was climbing a mountain is found dead. Tragedy? Suicide? Homicide? Handsome detective Hae-jun (Park Hae-il) investigates the mystery. Making the case even smokier is Seo-rae (Tang Wei), the elusive, charismatic Chinese wife of the deceased, whose charm creeps under Hae-jun’s skin. Wei’s performance intrigues and captivates, shining in the splendid work of indisputable Korean master Park Chan-wook. –TIFF

“A genre work of superior, silken craftsmanship, so sinister, serpentine and sexy as to be downright swoon-worthy.”—The Daily Beast

“The ambiguity of what is really going on is what makes the film so tantalizing…. “Decision to Leave” is a stunning achievement that ends by deliberately raising more questions than it answers.”—Salon.com