Park Chan-wook's 'Decision To Leave' fails to win Best Picture at Golden Globes

Director Park Chan-wook's film 'Decision to Break Up' failed to win the 'Golden Globe'.

At the 80th Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA on the 10th (local time), 'Decision to Break Up' was nominated for Best Motion Picture, Non English Language, but did not receive the award . It failed.

The best non-English language films went to 'Decision to Break Up', the Indian film 'RRR: Rise Lower Revolt' (directed by SS Raja Morley), the German film 'All Is Wrong on the Western Front' (directed by Lewis Milestone), and the Argentine film 'Argentina, 1985' (directed by Santiago Mi Tre) and the Dutch-French-Belgian film 'Close' (directed by Lucas Dont), and the trophy went to 'Argentina, 1985'.

In 2020, 'Parasite' (directed by Bong Joon-ho) won the Best Picture in a Non-English language at the Golden Globes.

'Decision to Break Up' failed to win the Golden Globe, and its future at the American Academy Awards is also unknown. The Golden Globes are called the prelude to the Academy Awards, and awards often follow. 'Decision to Break Up' was selected as a preliminary candidate for the International Film Award at the Academy Awards, America's most prestigious film award, and the final candidates are scheduled to be announced on the 24th.

'Decision to Break Up' was also nominated for BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM at the Critics' Choice Awards, which will be held on the 16th. In addition, it was nominated for Best Director and Best International Feature Film at the 6th Hollywood Critics Association Award.

Meanwhile, 'Decision to Break Up' won the Best Director Award at the 75th Cannes International Film Festival last year.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr