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Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice to Open 30th Busan Film Festival

Organizers selected the Venice competition entry to inaugurate BIFF’s first official competitive edition with actor Lee Byung-hun hosting the ceremony

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A poster for the Busan International Film Festival, provided by its organizers (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • No Other Choice will have its world premiere in competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival from August 27 to September 9.
  • The film marks Park Chan-wook’s return to feature directing three years after Decision to Leave and caps a 17-year development process that he first discussed at BIFF in 2019.
  • Lee Byung-hun stars as Man-soo and Son Ye-jin makes her first on-screen appearance as his wife, A-ra, in a high-profile pairing.
  • Adapted from Donald E. Westlake’s 1996 novel The Ax, the dark comedy-survival thriller explores one man’s desperate bid for employment.
  • The 30th Busan International Film Festival runs September 17 to 26 and will stage its first official awards competition featuring fourteen Asian titles.