“No Other Choice”, interview with director Park Chan-Wook and actor Lee Byung-hun

Park Chan-Wook and Lee Byung-hun, director and main actor, talk to FRED about “No Other Choice”, film in competition at Venice 82

During the 82nd edition of Venice International Film Festival we spoke with Park Chan-wook, director of the film “No Other Choice”, and with the main actor Lee Byung-hun. The film is in competition here at the festival and it is loosely based on the Donald Westlake book “The Axe“, telling the story of a man who gets fired from the paper factory where he has worked for all his life. From the desperation of this event and in the fatigue of seeking for a new job that increases day by day, he eventually makes a radical decision: eliminate the competition.

The interview

During our interview with FRED Film Radio, our guests Park Chan-Wook and Lee Byung-hun focused on predetermination of life, on the possibility of choosing a path different from the one that the society has already planned for us, but also on how the main character of this film is truly a global figure, with profoundly deep thematics and a subtle balance between irony and drama that are central both in the Korean society and in our entire world.

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