Decision to Leave Explained
Park Chan-wook had already established a reputation for himself by making cult classics and promoting his nation's film industry before Korean cinema and culture swept the western hemisphere. He became a well-known director and a festival mainstay with his 2002–2005 "Vengeance Trilogy" of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance, a reimagining of the European revenge film with the backdrop of 21st century globalization. The auteur continued to produce a substantial body of work for the following fifteen years. In addition to producing Snowpiercer by Bong Joon-ho and writing The Truth Beneath by Lee Kyoung-mi for other illustrious Korean contemporaries, he worked on the TV adaptation of John Le Carré's novel The Little Drummer Girl. He also developed his own projects, such as the chilling Stoker or the critically acclaimed The Handmaiden. He made a comeback in 2022 with Decision to Leave, eight years after his previous film. Since its world premiere at ...