No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook
With Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon
South Korea – 2025 – DCP – 139′
(VO) Korean with Dutch/French subtitles
The film starts at 8 p.m.
With No Other Choice, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) returns to the terrain he masters: moral derailment with a smile. When Man-su is fired after 25 years of loyal service, he loses not only his income but also his identity. Job applications come to nothing, the competition is fierce – literally, he eventually decides.
What follows is an unpredictable mix of tragicomedy, crime thriller and satire, in which a respectable family man gradually transforms into a man who tries to regain his dignity through violence. Park pulls the strings masterfully, with his well-known penchant for plot twists and moral traps.
Behind the absurd humour and sometimes clumsy murder attempts lies a sharp social critique. Economic precariousness becomes a struggle for dignity. No Other Choice constantly balances between laughter and shuddering — and leaves you wondering how much a person is willing to do to avoid becoming redundant.
07.04.2026, 20:00
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