ever since bong joon—ho's parasite took the palme d'or here at cannes in 2019, the festival's had a special here, too. director park chan—wook is back in cannes after six years. he's twice won thejury prize, including for 2004's old boy. his latest film, decision to leave, is a sumptuous noir love story between a policeman and a suspect named seo rae. translation: this premise, that the detective will find i out that it's actually seo rae who killed her husband, and that is really usually the end of a feature—length film, right? but that is the end of the first part of my film, and another whole new story unfolds in the second act. other film—makers are eyeing up korea as a cross—cultural hub, including the japanese palme d'or winner hirokazu kore—eda. broker, in competition at the festival, was filmed in south korea and with a stellar cast, including parasite actor song kang—ho. the film is a story of so—called baby boxes, which allows unwanted babies to be dropped off and cared for by others. sadly for cannes, with its back still turned to netflix, it's taken the streamer to produce a glo