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| A scene from the suspense romance film "Decision to Leave" / Courtesy of CJ ENM |
By Lee Gyu-lee
Director Park Chan-wook's suspense romance film "Decision to Leave," which won him the Best Director Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, has been invited to two more international film festivals ― the BFI London Film Festival and Fantastic Fest.
The film's distributor, CJ ENM, announced Sunday that the film, which has been sweeping various film festivals globally since the Cannes win, has added two more to the list.
The film will compete at the 66th BFI London Film Festival, set to be held from Oct. 5 to 16.
It will also have its U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest, scheduled for Sept. 22 to 29. Park will also receive a lifetime achievement award at the event for making acclaimed films, such as "Old Boy" (2004), "Thirst" (2009) and "The Handmaiden" (2016).
The genre-bending "Decision to Leave" revolves around detective Hae-joon (Park Hae-ill) and a mysterious Chinese immigrant named Seo-rae (Tang Wei), who is the wife of a murder victim. Despite the nature of their relationship as a cop and a suspect, Hae-joon finds himself attracted to her while trying to figure out whether she is the murderer or not.
The film, which hit domestic theaters in June, has been invited to several international film festivals, including New Horizons Film Festival in Poland and Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia.
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