What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession?

Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, THE HANDMAIDEN) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to dizzying new heights.

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a businessman plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon (Park Hae-il, The Host) arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae (Tang Wei, Lust, Caution) may know more than she initially lets on. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, Hae-joon finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire, proving that the darkest mysteries lurk inside the human heart.

With nods toward classic Hollywood and Alfred Hitchcok’s VERTIGO, DECISION TO LEAVE is an essential masterwork from the legendary Park Chan-wook, infused with elegance, ingenuity and a knife-edge precision that truly cannot be matched

“A spry police procedural fused with an achingly intense romance, Decision To Leave keeps you off-kilter throughout, in the best possible way. Make a decision to see it.” (Empire Magazine)

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

“‘Decision to Leave’ fits perfectly within the director’s meticulously assembled canon. His twin obsessions are lust and caution – and with apologies to filmmaker Ang Lee, Park has mastered both of those fixations.” (Globe and Mail)

“… A subtle masterpiece from Park Chan-wook, braiding a heart-stirring tenderness into a murderous thriller.” (Chicago Reader)

Friday, November 18
Doors 5:30 pm | Movie 6:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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Saturday, November 19
Doors | Movie 2:40 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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Tuesday, November 22
Doors 8:00 | Movie 8:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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Wednesday, November 23 Final Screening
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DECISION TO LEAVE “Heojil kyolshim” (Park chan-wook, 2022 / 138 mins / Korean with English subtitles) A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.