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Veteran paper expert Yoo Man-soo is abruptly fired after 20 years with the same company, threatening his seemingly perfect family life. When a new dream job finally appears, he devises an extreme solution to secure it: to track down and kill all the other qualified candidates.

Park Chan-wook’s latest cinematic tour de force showcases his signature qualities – unpredictable storytelling, dark humor, sharp satire, and subtle humanism. Inspired by Donald E. Westlake’s novel The Ax (1997) and its earlier adaptation by Costa-Gavras, the project has been in development since 2009.

Two soldiers from opposing fictional nations are stationed at a remote desert border post. The war is officially over and a fragile peace has been declared, but tensions remain high. Each day, the soldiers perform patriotic rituals while growing increasingly suspicious of one another. Minor misunderstandings slowly escalate into an absurd power struggle that threatens both peace and sanity.

Lidia grows up in a turbulent environment marked by violence, abuse, and alcoholism. She seeks refuge in swimming and poetry, which eventually allow her to leave her family behind and attend university. Yet her painful past leaves deep and lasting scars.

Based on Lidia Yuknavitch’s autobiographical novel, The Chronology of Water tells a harrowing story about trauma and survival.

Holly is a lonely woman grappling with the sense that life did not turn out as she had imagined. One evening, she meets the young and adventurous Arabella, who is eager to run away from home. Convinced that Arabella is a younger version of herself from the past, Holly takes the girl on a journey in an attempt to alter the course of her own life.

Yvonne has experienced something terrible. When an old friend invites her to the countryside, she readily accepts. Instead of quiet days alone together, however, she is thrown into forced socializing with other guests, excessive amounts of homemade food, and unfamiliar party games. Something feels off. The unease slowly intensifies – and in the nearby forest, a tick waits to bite.