Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave | Heojil kyolshim
Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival 2022
- Fri 19 Aug 2022
- 3:30—5:50PM
- Len Lye Cinema
- Rating: M
- In line with current New Zealand restrictions for cinemas, conditions of entry to all Cinema screenings under the Covid-19 Protection Framework are:
- o Face coverings to be worn
- Booking recommended
- As there is no allocated seating doors open 15 minutes before screenings, please come early to avoid disappointment
- To minimise disruption no admittance to cinema 10 minutes after session starts
- Hearing loop provided for the hearing impaired
- Wheelchair spaces available. Free entry for a companion to assist an audience member who has a disability. Companion seat is automatically allocated when a wheelchair space is booked
- A Coded Sessions
- Sessions starting after 5.00 pm weekdays, all weekend sessions
- (unless otherwise indicated)
- Full Price: $17.50
- Film Society/Film Industry Guilds/Community Services Card/Students: $15.00
- Senior (65+)/Child (15 and under) $13.00
- B Coded Sessions
- Sessions starting before 5.00 pm weekdays or of a shorter duration and others as indicated.
- Full Price: $14.50
- Film Society/Film Industry Guilds/Community Services Card/Students: $13.00
- Senior (65+)/Child (15 and under) $13.00
Park Chan-wook makes a welcome return to NZIFF with this masterful and seductive romantic thriller about an insomniac detective investigating a mysterious widow oddly unconcerned with her husband’s death.
“At the peak of his powers, full of wit and melancholy, Park Chan-wook creates the platonic ideal of the romantic, elaborate noir thriller.” — Jessica Kiang, Variety
While investigating a possible murder case, a detective who employs idiosyncratic investigative methods becomes infatuated with the dead man’s beguiling widow – and potential killer – in this lush, mesmerising murder-mystery, with shades of Hitchcock’s Vertigo, from South Korean virtuoso and NZIFF favourite Park Chan-wook, winner of Best Director at Cannes 2022.
Handsome and happily married ace police detective Hae-joon works the homicide squad in bustling Busan. His wife’s job in the distant seaside town of Ipo means they mainly live apart. Her absence makes things easier when Hae-joon, an insomniac, spends his nights on stakeouts – although the latter are few and far between, given the lack of murders to investigate. All that changes when a man’s body is found at the base of a mountain and Hae-joon encounters the defunct man’s wife, enigmatic and striking Seo-rae. Curious about her blithe attitude regarding her husband’s death, Hae-joon stakes out her apartment – and continues to do so, long after Seo-rae has ceased to be a suspect… – Sandra Reid
“Crafted with unforced humour, ravishing visuals and commanding maturity, Decision to Leave intoxicates with its potent brew of love, emotional manipulation – or is it? – and obsession.” — David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
2022 | Drama | 138 min | Dir. Park Chan-wook | In Korean with English subtitles