Liffe after Liffe :
No Other Choice (Eojjeolsuga eobsda)

Directed by: Park Chan-wook
South Korea, France, 2025, 139'

Cankarjev dom Cinema No Other Choice (Eojjeolsuga eobsda)

Sinematography: Donald E. Westlake (roman), Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar
Cinematography: Kim Woo-hyung
Music: Cho Young-wuk
Cast: Lee Byung-hun (Man-soo), Son Ye-jin (Mi-ri), Park Hee-soon (Choi Seon-chul), Lee Sung-min (Goo Beom-mo), Yeom Hye-ran (Lee A Ra), Cha Seung-won (Go Si-jo), Yoo Yeon-seok (O Jin Ho), Oh Dal-su (detective), Lee Seok-hyeong (detective), Yoon Ga-yi (restaurant
owner), Choi Min-sik (shop owner)
Production: Moho Film&KG Productions; distribucija: Fivia d.o.o.
Festivals, awards (selection): Venice 2025, Toronto 2025 (Best Film), Sitges 2025, Busan 2025, New York 2025, London 2025

South Korean maestro Park Chan-wook's new film took twenty years in the making. After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job.

Man-su, a specialist in paper manufacturing with twenty-five years of experience, is so satisfied with life that he can truthfully tell himself, "I've got it all." While happily passing his days with his wife Miri, their two children, and two dogs, Man-su is suddenly informed by his company that he has been fired. Man-su vows to find a new job within the next three months for the sake of his family. After a year drifting from one job interview to another, he finds himself in danger of losing the very house he struggled so hard to buy. When refusals become too humiliating to bear, Man-su hatches a ruthless plan to eliminate his competition.

Some time ago, I read a novel called The Ax. I picked it up because it was written by Donald E. Westlake, who wrote the novel behind Point Blank, one of my all-time favourite films. When reading The Ax, I found myself identifying with the protagonist - a man who believes that paper manufacturing is his entire life, whether the world acknowledges it or not. I feel the same way about filmmaking, so I could easily understand the protagonist who believes there is a certain way the head of a family and a man should be, and lives his life accordingly.
Park Chan-wook

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