Decision to Leave - HEOJIL KYOLSHIM

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Hae-Joon, an experienced detective, is investigating the suspicious death of a man on a mountaintop. Almost immediately, he begins to suspect Seo-rae, the dead man’s wife. She does not seem at all shaken by her husband’s demise and her behaviour is so surprising for a widow that the police treat her as a suspect. Hae-joon interrogates Seo-rae. And while she is placed under close surveillance and he is observing her every move, he gradually feels drawn towards her. We have a suspect who is hiding her true feelings and an investigator who suspects and yet desires her… Part detective novel, part love story, the film unfolds its intriguing characters, its moments of unexpected humour and its sensual scenario signed by Park Chan-wook. ‘Decision to Leave’ is both a love story and a crime drama rolled into one, but what I really want to emphasise is that it’s a story about loss which adults can relate to. I tried to express this idea with humour in a subtle, elegant style, and not just tragically.” Park Chan-wook