Decision to Leave gets a UK release date

MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service and production company, is pleased to announce that Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave will open theatrically in the UK, Ireland and US on 14 October 2022. The film, which had its World Premiere to universal acclaim at Cannes, where Park took home the Best Director prize, will premiere on MUBI later this year.

A man falls from a mountain peak to his death. The detective in charge of the investigation, Hae-joon, comes to meet the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. When she becomes a suspect, Hae-joon finds himself slowly developing an interest in her.

Starring Tang Wei (Lust, Caution; Blackhat) and Park Hae-il (The Host; Memories of Murder), Decision to Leave is Park Chan-wook’s 11th feature film. Park is among the most influential directors of the last twenty years and earned international acclaim with Cannes Grand Prix-winner Oldboy (2003), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), Cannes Jury Prize-winner Thirst (2009), Stoker (2013, starring Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska), The Handmaiden (2016), and his TV series The Little Drummer Girl (2018). Decision to Leave is presented by CJ ENM (Parasite) and produced by Moho Film (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Thirst, The Handmaiden and Snowpiercer).