Hull Independent Cinema – No Other Choice

​​​​Hull Independent Cinema presents… NO OTHER CHOICE

Dir Park Chan-wook | South Korea | 2025 | 139 mins | Rating TBC | Korean, English

Longtime paper-industry veteran Yoo Man su loses his job after 25 years, upending his stable family life with wife and children. Humiliated and unable to find new work, Man-su becomes desperate to secure a position, so desperate that he hatches a dark, violent plan: he will eliminate his competition, murdering candidates to guarantee a vacancy just for him. As his moral collapse accelerates, the film becomes a biting satire of corporate cruelty, economic insecurity and the brutal pressures of survival in a cynical system. Starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon

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AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Venice FF: Nominee, Best Film

Blue Dragon South Korean Film Awards: Winner, 7 awards inc Best Film, Director, Actress; Nominee, 7 awards inc Best Screenplay, Actor, Cinematography

TIFF: Winner, Int'l People's Choice

Best Film Gotham Awards: Nominee, Best Int'l Film, Screenplay, Lead Performance

REVIEWS

"The latest exhibit in the mounting body of evidence suggesting Park Chan-wook may be the most elegant filmmaker alive." Jessica Kiang, Variety

"With humour blacker than black bean noodles, the film is a masterful work of cinema which might well be Chan-wook’s masterpiece." ★★★★★ John Bleasdale, Time Out

"Not just Park's funniest film, but his most humane, too – and that's quite something for a comedy as violent as this one." ★★★★★ Nicholas Barber, BBC"

ACCESSIBILITY

Subtitles

This film will be presented with Descriptive Subtitles. In addition to reproducing dialogue, these subtitles include additional non-dialogue sounds available to a hearing audience, e.g. "(sighs)" or "(door creaks)" and song lyrics. In our experience, guests do not find the subtitles distracting, especially as the majority of our films are subtitled foreign language films. Hull Independent Cinema is working towards making our films more accessible. We have decided to present all our films with Descriptive Subtitles where available.

AGE RATING

NO OTHER CHOICE is not yet rated. Please check back closer to the screening date for more information.

Programme Details

The café will be open before the show, so why not come along early to grab a drink and a snack?

The programme run time includes an allowance for introductions and up to three trailers. While we will endeavour to accommodate latecomers, this may not always be possible. Please note that we reserve the right to refuse entry, without a refund, to anyone arriving after the advertised start time.

Contact Us

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