Decision to Leave
2022 · Movie · NR · 139 min · ★ 7.3 · 90% critics
A man dies after a fall from a mountain peak in South Korea, raising questions about whether it was an accident or something more. As a detective investigates and watches a grieving wife, he becomes entangled in a tangled mix of deception, longing, and romantic suspicion.
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Details
- Original title
- 헤어질 결심
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-06-29
- Language
- Korean
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (1,517 votes)
- Box office
- $22,863,325
- Budget
- $10,000,000
About
You’ll like Decision to Leave if you enjoy psychological crime mysteries with a simmering romance and uncertainty, but Not for you if you need clear motivations or are sensitive to subtitle issues; you might prefer The Handmaiden or The Truth Beneath.
Pros: gripping mystery momentum; strong performances; striking visuals | Cons: sluggish second half; confusing motivations; subtitle complaints
Themes
- sea
- secret love
- police
- widow
- detective
- mountain
- investigation
- language barrier
- forbidden love
- foreign language
- love
- audio recording
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Cannes Best Director Award
- Golden Globe Award — Best Non-English Language Film · 2023 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2023 · nominated
Cast & crew
Tang Wei
as Song Seo-rae
Park Hae-il
as Jang Hae-joon
Lee Jung-hyun
as Jeong-ahn
Go Kyung-pyo
as Soo-wan
Park Yong-woo
as Lim Ho-shin
Kim Shin-young
as Yeon-su
Yoo Seung-mok
as Ki Do-soo
Jung Yi-seo
as Mi-ji
Jung Young-sook
as Monday Granny
Lee Hak-ju
as Lee Ji-goo
Directed by Park Chan-wook