

Decision to Leave
The closer you look, the harder you fall.
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $16.9M
- Language
- Mandarin
- sea
- secret love
- police
- widow
- detective
- mountain
- investigation
- language barrier
- forbidden love
- foreign language
- love
- audio recording
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival8 Oct 2022
- Theatrical (limited)NR14 Oct 2022
- TheatricalNR21 Oct 2022
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival14 Oct 2022
- Theatrical1521 Oct 2022
- Digital / OTTMUBI9 Dec 2022
- Physical154k Ultra HD Blu-ray / Blu-ray / DVD9 Jan 2023
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival7 Aug 2022
- PremiereKorean Film Festival In Australia21 Aug 2022
- TheatricalM20 Oct 2022
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 2022
AustriaAT
- Theatrical3 Feb 2023
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical18 Aug 2022
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1525 Dec 2022
Dominican RepublicDO
- Theatrical (limited)12 Jan 2023
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival11 Nov 2022
- Theatrical13 Jan 2023
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-123 Feb 2023
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival23 May 2022
- TheatricalU29 Jun 2022
- Digital / OTTVOD9 Nov 2022
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray16 Nov 2022
- Digital / OTTCanal+ (ex myCanal)2 Jan 2023
- TVCanal+2 Jan 2023
- TVFrance•48 May 2026
GermanyDE
- PremiereFilm Festival Cologne23 Oct 2022
- Theatrical162 Feb 2023
- Digital / OTT1611 May 2023
- Physical1625 May 2023
Frequently asked questions
Decision to Leave was released on 29 June 2022.
Audience reviews
4- B7/10
badelf
9/28/2022
Based on the pacing and acting, this should be a top-tier movie, but I found it difficult to watch because of the cruddy subtitles I had.
- M6/10
Manuel São Bento
10/23/2022
MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/other-films-watched-lff-2022 "Decision to Leave is far from Park Chan-wook's best works, but it's still an intriguing, layered story about obsession and "forbidden love". It captures the viewer's full attention during the engaging first part, where the central theme and the respective romance appear to be in sync. However, momentum is los…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/30/2022
When a man is found at the base of a mountain with his skull crushed, it looks like he slipped, or did he commit suicide, or was he pushed? Well it falls to detectives "Jang Hae-joon" (Park Hae-il) and his young sidekick "Soo-wan" (Go Kyung-Po) to get to the bottom of it. They are suspicious enough, but the only realistic suspect is his younger widow "Song Seo-rae" (Tang Wei) - but she has an alibi. She looks after a…
- P7/10
pimpskitters
1/7/2024
Decision to leave looks great. The way the camera moves, the layout of the scenes and the staging of it all, great. But, its a bit plodding, and I didn't quite understand the character motivations. I partly wonder if im at a loss of understanding the korean/chinese ethno-nationalist relationship, since it seemed to play into it all, but overall I didn't see what was so overwhelming about the Chinese girl that the Kor…
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