“The Decision to Leave” Uncertain memories and vision, what is the “solution” in life?

Even that person's fingers

Hye-jun and So-rae meet at the morgue. The dangerous The Game begins from the moment they meet. Hye-jun is drawn to So-rae, despite knowing it's dangerous. So-rae also lures Hye-jun into her The Game. Hye-jun stakes out So-rae's life to investigate, but So-rae is also tailing Hye-jun. The injury on So-rae's hand that Hye-jun saw at the morgue becomes an important motif of the film's unique sensuality.

Hye-jun and Seo-rae casually touch each other's fingers repeatedly. The touch of their fingers creates a stronger erotic sensuality than the touch of lips. Seo-rae's magic, which is endlessly elegant, resides in her gaze and fingers. Even in the choreography of the shot where she puts on the rubber gloves, it is clear that Park Chan-wook has a fetish for Seo-rae's (Tang Wei's) hands and fingers. And it is also a matter of class.

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Hyejun has a beautiful line: "Where does elegance come from? It's pride," and Sorae treats Hyejune with the same or even greater elegance. Even his fingers are adorable. Sorae has a noble elegance in playing The Game that makes the other person think the same. The beauty of her manners, which begin with the movements of her hands and fingers, is connected to the beauty of all of Sorae's movements. It is an invention of the body that begins with the sensation in the fingertips, an invention of elegance, so to speak. The sight of Sorae walking behind Hyejune cooking with a cigarette in her mouth seems like an ordinary scene, but it is beautiful, like a choreographed dance.