No Other Choice

Park Chan-wook
Festival
Mon 27 Apr 26 20:00 - 22:19
  • Content rating: Caution with children up to 16 years of age
  • 27 Apr
    20:00 - 22:19
    Lier
    Cinema Variétés

Enjoy the astonishing talent of this South-Korean master of mise-en-scène, stage setting, pacing and unexpected plot twists. 

You Man-Su has a settled life with a family and a job in the paper industry until he is suddenly fired by his employer and his whole life is turned upside down. Three months later he tries to get back into work, but this turns out to be harder than expected. He thinks up a criminal plan to extract himself from this hopeless situation. 

As well as being an at times hilarious, almost slapstick comedy thriller about the world’s clumsiest murderer, this movie is also a convincingly performed portrayal of a man struggling with his emotions and his battered pride. Meanwhile the film, packed with cinematographic brilliance, is also a criticism of modern capitalism and its practice of mass firings. A brilliant cocktail of styles and emotions, exceptionally beautifully and elegantly filmed, that you will long remember.

No Other Choice
direction
Park Chan-wook
cast
Lee Byung-hun, Yeom Hye-ran, Son Ye-jin
duration
139 min
year
2025
country
South Korea
language
Korean, English
Subtitles
Dutch, French
  • Content rating: Caution with children up to 16 years of age

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Park Chan-wook

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"‘No Other Choice’ is een heerlijk knotsgekke zwarte komedie."

Belinda van de Graaf, Trouw

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