A promotional still for the feature film No Other Choice, showing a moment or composition from this darkly comic Korean thriller directed by Park Chan-wook. The image reflects the movie’s tone—a blend of satire, suspense, and psychological tension—often focusing on the protagonist Man-soo, played by Lee Byung-hun, whose life dramatically unravels after being laid off and who resorts to extreme measures to secure a job in a ruthless job market. The visual style suggests a blend of dramatic storytelling and noir-inflected realism consistent with the film’s exploration of desperation and moral compromise.

February 3 @ 7:00 pm

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  • Tidemark Theatre
  • 1220 Shoppers Row
    Campbell River, BC V9W 2C8 Canada     + Google Map

$20.00

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CRFF No Other Choice

Man-soo (Lee Byung Hun) had it all: a loving wife, two talented children, two happy dogs. Then, after 25 years of dedicated work for Solar Paper, Man-soo is suddenly given the axe. Soon he is falling behind on his mortgage payments and his wife Mi-ri (Son Yejin) insists they put the house up for sale. Man-soo is desperate to scoop a coveted position with Moon Paper, but he knows there are other job seekers who match his pedigree. So he hatches a plan: invent a phony paper company, reach out to each of his rivals, lure them into a meeting… and, one by one, dispatch the competition. Brilliantly scripted by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, and Toronto’s own Don McKellar, No Other Choice is a chilling satire on workplace politics and ruthless status-seeking. In Park Chan-wook’s world, given the right set of circumstances, anyone can be driven to murder. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it.

139 minutes
Korean
Content Advisory: Explicit Violence, Sexually-suggestive scenes
Rated R

Tickets:$ 20.00 Admission (+applicable taxes & fees)

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