4 South Korean movies have been invited to display screen on the upcoming Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Pageant, together with Park Chan-wook’s Resolution To Depart. 

The Korea Herald reported yesterday (December 21) {that a} whole of 4 Korean movies have been chosen to be screened on the movie competition, among the many 134 movies handpicked from 64 international locations throughout the globe.

All 4 movies – Resolution To Depart, Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Dealer, July Jung’s Subsequent Sohee and Kim Jung-eun’s Gyeong-ah’s Daughter – can be proven all through the 10-day affair, slated to happen from January 6 to 16, 2023. Resolution To Depart has additionally been nominated for greatest worldwide function movie on the competition, beneath the Award Buzz class.

Per The Korea Herald, Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Pageant organisers shared {that a} “particular jury of worldwide movie critics will overview worldwide nominees for greatest worldwide function movie of the 12 months, in addition to for greatest actor, greatest actress and greatest screenplay.”

Starring The King’s Letters actor Park Hae-il and China’s Tang Wei (Lengthy Day’s Journey Into Evening), Resolution To Depart is a slow-burn thriller romance centred on a detective who will get dispatched to research the scene of a person’s demise. When he calls within the man’s spouse to have her verify his id, he notices one thing peculiar about her. He begins falling for her as he carries out a separate investigation into who she actually is.

Earlier in the present day (December 22), Resolution To Depart was additionally noticed on the 2023 Oscars shortlist for Worldwide Movie Function, turning into certainly one of solely 15 movies chosen out of submissions from 92 international locations. From every shortlist, solely 5 nominees can be chosen for the award, which can be introduced formally on January 24, 2023.

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Resolution To Depart first debuted on the Cannes Movie Pageant earlier this 12 months, the place director Park was awarded the competition’s coveted Finest Director prize. Park is well-known for helming acclaimed Korean movies together with the bloody Vengeance Trilogy – comprising Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Woman Vengeance – and The Handmaiden, in addition to the 2013 English psychological thriller movie Stoker. 



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