Overview

• The film screened on the Lido on Friday and is among 21 titles in contention for Venice’s Golden Lion.
• Park told the festival press conference the project took about 20 years to complete because he waited until financing matched his ambitions.
• Lee Byung-hun leads as Man-su with Son Ye-jin as Miri, alongside Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran and Cha Seung-won.
• The darkly comic thriller adapts Donald E. Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax, with a screenplay by Park, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar and Jahye Lee.
• After Venice, the film is slated to open the Busan International Film Festival, with Neon holding U.S. and Canada rights and Mubi acquiring multiple international territories including the UK and Latin America.