US EditionReview | No Other Choice: Park Chan-Wook Takes on Corporate Culture in Dark Comedy
Park Chan-wook's film adapts Donald Westlake's novel to critique capitalism through a veteran manager's desperate actions amid job insecurity and corporate downsizing.
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Park Chan-wook hopes viewers reflect on how often they say ‘no other choice’
VENICE, Italy — Director Park Chan-wook returned to the Venice International Film Festival for the first time in 20 years with his new film “No Other Choice,” which drew a nine-minute standing ovation following its world premiere on Friday. The black comedy follows middle-aged Man-soo (Lee Byung-hun), who is laid off after 25 years at a paper company. Facing humiliation in temporary jobs and rejection from potential employers due to age, he begi…
The South Korean filmmaker presents "No Other Choice", a work on the drifts of professional competition, carried by a biting irony and universal reflection. The director Park Chan-wook makes his return on the Venetian Croisette after two decades of absence, to present his new feature film, "No Other Choice". This project, matured for twenty years, [...] The article Park Chan-wook unveils in Venice a social thriller twenty years after his last pa…
Iris Mittenaere is used to attracting all eyes. Elected Miss France and then Miss Universe in 2016, the young woman continues to make public appearances. On Friday, August 29, she was invited to the Venice International Film Festival, also known as Mostra de Venise. After Julia Roberts' first passage on the red carpet of the Lido, Iris Mittenaere made a sensational arrival. The beauty queen, accompanied by her friend Paul Duchemin, attended the …
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