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The film that won Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park Best Director honors at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the noir-tinged Decision to Leave is a mesmerizing, slow-burn romance/mystery about a detective (Park Hae-il) whose investigation into a man’s suspicious death in the mountains becomes complicated when he finds himself becoming captivated by the deceased’s Chinese-born widow (Tang)—who also happens to be the prime suspect in her late husband’s death. A complex, consistently surprising work of exquisite tonal control, which gives Tang a role custom-tailored for her combination of sensual allure and entrancing charm, and offers audiences one of the most unforgettable denouements in recent cinema.

Distributor: MUBI