Decision to Leave

Decision to Leave is a 2022 South Korean neo-noir romantic mystery film produced, co-written and directed by Park Chan-wook. It stars Tang Wei and Park Hae-il. The story follows a married detective who, while investigating a man's death, meets and falls for the man's now-widowed wife, who is a suspect in her husband's death. In April 2022, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where Park Chan-wook won Best Director. Decision to Leave was released theatrically on 29 June 2022 in South Korea. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for numerous awards, including Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Direction at the 76th British Academy Film Awards. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. It was also named one of the top 5 international films of 2022 by the National Board of Review. Plot Insomniac detective Jang Hae-jun works in Busan and only sees his wife, Jung-an, a nuclear power plant worker residing in Ipo, once a week. Hae-jun and his partner, Soo-wan, encounter a case where a retired immigration officer, Ki Do-soo, is found dead at the foot of a mountain he often climbed. They interview his much younger wife, Song Seo-rae, an emigrant from China who works as a caretaker for seniors. They suspect her because of her insufficient displays of grief, a scratch on her hand, bruises on her legs and torso, and a tattoo of Ki's initials in the manner that he also marked his belongings.