Tang Wei’s film, “Parasite” won big at Cannes 2022

Broker (Broker) is a Korean film directed by the famous Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu – who won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival with Shoplifters.

Park Chan-wook (centre) with actors Tang Wei and Park Hae Il at the promotional event for the film ‘Decision to Leave’ in Cannes.

With Decision to Leave by director Park Chan-wook, Broker together to represent Korean cinema at Cannes this year. As soon as it was released, Decision to Leave with the presence of the star Tang Duy received a rain of praise from critics, predicting the work will win an important prize at Cannes.

Park Chan-wook won the award at Cannes for the third time.

And in the Cannes results announcement on May 28, this work was named in the category Best Director for Park Chan-wook. Meanwhile, veteran star Song Kang-ho used to attract attention with the movie Parasite (Parasite) 3 years ago was honored in the category of Best Actor with the movie Broker.

Song Kang-ho received the award at Cannes for the first time.

Decision to Leave revolves around detective Hae Joon (played by Park Hae Il) who is assigned to investigate a murder on the top of a mountain. When he arrived at the crime scene, he met Seo Rae (Thang Duy) – the wife of the murdered man. Since then, Hae Joon has had special feelings about this widow.

After debuting at Cannes, Decision to Leave will premiere in Korea from June 29 before coming to Vietnamese cinemas next July.

Tang Wei in ‘Decision to Leave’.

Meanwhile, Broker (Broker) tells the journey to find a new family for the child left in the “baby box”. The film gathers famous Korean actors such as: Song Kang Ho, Gang Dong Won, Doona Bae, Lee Ji Eun, Lee Joo Young.

Broker premiered in Vietnam in June 2022, at the same time as it was released in Korea.

Golden Palm – the most important prize of Cannes cinematic Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund. This is also the second time the Swedish filmmaker has won the Palme d’Or since the film The Square (2017).

This year, out of a total of 7 most important categories at Cannes, the jury awarded a total of 10 prizes, and up to 3 prizes with 2 names were called up. Thus, of the 21 films in official competition, nearly half left with the prestigious award in hand. In particular, every 5 years, Cannes awards a special award to celebrate this film festival’s 5 years of age.

Awards at Cannes 2022:

Palme d’Or: “Triangle of Sadness”, Ruben Östlund

Grand Prix – Grand Prix: “Stars at Noon,” Claire Denis and “Close”, Lukas Dhont

Director: Park Chan-wook, “Decision to Leave”

75th Anniversary Cannes Special Awards: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, “Tori & Lokita”

Actor: Song Kang-ho, “Broker”

Actress: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, “Holy Spider”

Jury Prize: “The Eight Mountains”, Félix Van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch and “EO”, Jerzy Skolimowski

According to VietNamNet