A strange death in the mountains, a mysterious widow, and a detective slowly discovering unwanted emotions. Can one silence the past for the sake of love? This stylish romance full of mysterious plot twists resists labeling as the South Korean master of the mystery thriller comes up with one great idea after another. A well-deserved best director winner at Cannes.
Synopsis
Detective Hae-joon is investigating the death of a man who fell from a mountain under unclear circumstances. “I worry when he does not come back from the mountain, thinking he might have died at last,” the dead man’s widow Seo-rae says vaguely and with a strange detachment, which immediately makes her a suspect. But the thing that confuses Hae-joon more than this mysterious statement are his slowly awakening emotions… What to do when the shadow of a crime hangs over blossoming love? Should one silence the past for the sake of love? This stylish romance full of mysterious plot twists resists labeling as the South Korean master of the mystery thriller comes up with one great idea after another. A well-deserved best director winner at Cannes.
Martin Horyna
About the film
138 min / Color, DCP
Director Park Chan-wook
/ Screenplay Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook
/ Dir. of Photography Kim Ji-yong
/ Music Cho Young-wuk
/ Sound Kim Suk-won
/ Editor Kim Sang-bum
/ Art Director Ryu Seong-hie
/ Producer Park Chan-wook
/ Production Moho Film
/ Cast Tang Wei, Park Hae-il
/ Sales CJ Entertainment Inc.
/ Distributor Aerofilms
About the director
Park Chan-wook (1963, Seoul). Selected filmography: Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Old Boy (2003), Lady Vengeance (2005), I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006), Thirst (2009), The Handmaiden (2016), Decision to Leave (2022).
Contacts
CJ Entertainment Inc.
26th Fl., Parnas Tower 521, Teheran-ro, 06 164, Seoul
Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
E-mail: jm.park24@cj.net
Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: info@aerofilms.cz
