Park Chan-wook's New Film No Other Choice Unveils First Trailer, Headed to Venice Film Festival!
The annual Venice Film Festival recently announced its official selections for this year, and among the competitive entries, Park Chan-wook's new film, No Other Choice, released its first trailer on the same day:
No Other Choice is directed by Park Chan-wook, a three-time Blue Dragon Film Award Best Director winner for Joint Security Area, Oldboy, and Decision to Leave, and a Cannes Film Festival Best Director winner. The film is an adaptation of Donald Westlake's novel The Ax and has been selected for the competitive section of the Venice Film Festival, taking place in late August. It is scheduled for release in Korea in September. The film's impressive cast includes four-time Grand Bell Award winner Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game), two-time Grand Bell Award winner Son Ye-jin (Crash Landing on You), Baeksang Arts Award winner Park Hee-soon (1987: When the Day Comes), Grand Bell Award winner Lee Sung-min (The Spy Gone North), three-time Baeksang Arts Award winner Yum Hye-ran (When Life Gives You Tangerines), Baeksang Arts Award winner Cha Seung-won (Jail Breakers), and Yoo Yeon-seok. After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.
Park Chan-wook is one of the most influential South Korean directors in international cinema today. He won the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix for Oldboy, the Cannes Film Festival's Jury Prize for Thirst, a BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film for The Handmaiden, and Cannes Film Festival's Best Director for his previous film, Decision to Leave. In addition to his feature films, he has also directed two English-language series, The Little Drummer Girl and The Sympathizer.
Besides No Other Choice, other films selected for this year's Venice Film Festival competition include:
The Wizard of the Kremlin directed by Cannes Film Festival Best Director winner Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper).
Jay Kelly directed by Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story).
A House of Dynamite directed by Oscar Best Director winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker).
The Sun Rises on Us All directed by Cai Shangjun, who won Best Director at Venice for People Mountain People Sea.
Frankenstein directed by Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water).
Silent Friend directed by Ildikó Enyedi, who won the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear for On Body and Soul, and starring Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
The Testament of Ann Lee directed by Mona Fastvold, screenwriter of this year's Golden Globe winner for Best Film, The Brutalist.
Father Mother Sister Brother directed by Jim Jarmusch, who won the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix for Broken Flowers.
Bugonia directed by Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things).
The Smashing Machine directed by Independent Spirit Award winner Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems).
Girl directed by Golden Horse Award Best Actress Shu Qi (Three Times).
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