Decision to Leave헤어질 결심

Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심) is a 2022 South Korean neo-noir romantic mystery film directed, co-written and produced by Park Chan-wook (박찬욱). It follows a married detective, Jang Hae-jun (Park Hae-il, 박해일), whose investigation of a man's death leads him to the man's widow, the Chinese immigrant Song Seo-rae (Tang Wei, 탕웨이), as he gradually develops feelings for her. It runs 139 minutes and was distributed in Korea by CJ Entertainment.¹

The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on May 23, 2022 and Park won Best Director, and it opened in South Korea on June 29, 2022. MUBI acquired rights in several territories, including North America, where it was released theatrically on October 14, 2022 and began streaming on December 9, 2022, later becoming MUBI's most-streamed film. South Korea submitted it for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, and it made the December shortlist; it also received two BAFTA nominations.¹⁴

At home it took Best Film at both of South Korea's main film awards: the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards, where it won seven awards from 13 nominations, and the 58th Grand Bell Awards, held on December 9, 2022.²³ It won three of its seven nominations at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards.¹