No Other Choice
2025
139'
German French subtiles
Blissful Outlets
Man-soo is very happy: he has a good job, a loving family, two dogs, and owns the house where he grew up. The barbecue with eels offered by his new bosses is delicious, but soon they make him swallow bitter pills: he finds himself sacked. Desperate to find a job quickly, Man-soo then devises a treacherous plan…
Park Chan-wook returns to our (somewhat sadistic) delight with a modern satire on the world of work and its host of ambitious characters.
Dismissal? No other choice! A Machiavellian plan? No other choice!
A dark comedy that turns into a portrait of family dysfunction, fragile masculinity and the state of a nation based on productivity.
Based on Donald E. Westlake's satirical thriller, The Ax, published in 1997 and already adapted for cinema in 2005 by Costa-Gavras, to whom this film is dedicated.
BM 05 : Sympathy for M. Vengeance, BM 05: Old Boy, BM 05: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, BM 10: Thirst, BM 12: Night Fishing.
Rightholder: roman@ascot-elite.ch