No Other Choice

A pitch-black comedy from the creator of Oldboy, a kind of reply to the legendary Parasite. Once upon a time, there was a successful man with a stable job, a family, and a house—until suddenly he was laid off. The paper industry is in crisis, and finding a new position turns out to be impossible. Soon his wife is giving up her tennis lessons, the kids are tightening their belts, and the house is about to be lost to debt. There is one perfect job opening out there, but it’s already taken—and even if it becomes available, there are a couple of far more qualified candidates waiting for it. With a heavy heart, our hero takes a gun off the wall and…

“This is the director’s best film in twenty years, comparable to the great Oldboy in its fierce mix of slow-burn despair, sadistic suspense, and bone-crunching—quite literally—humor. The original camera angles and paradoxical editing rhythms flow nonstop. It’s impossible to look away from the screen.” — Anton Dolin