Festival audience favourite Park Chan-wook’s acclaimed new film No Other Choice will be accompanied by the director’s pitch-black classic Oldboy at the R&A Presents screenings at Bio Rex Lasipalatsi on Thursday, December 4. Tickets for the screenings, as well as R&A’s Christmas gift cards, are on sale now!
The Korean director Park Chan-wook is one of the top favourites among the R&A audience. Park’s latest masterpiece No Other Choice received an enthusiastic reception at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and now it is finally arriving on Finnish cinema screens as well. The film has been awarded the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Critics’ FIPRESCI Prize at the Stockholm Film Festival, and Best Director at the Sitges Film Festival. The razor-sharp anti-capitalist satire has already been dubbed this year’s Parasite.
In the film, Man-soon’s life derails when he’s fired from his expert position at a paper mill. His job search progresses sluggishly—until Man-soon realises there is only one option: the competition must be eliminated. No Other Choice is a thriller-comedy rich in dark humour, based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel The Ax. It is competing for an Oscar nomination as Korea’s official submission and will enter wider theatrical release in Finland on January 2.
To accompany the new film, R&A brings audiences Park Chan-wook’s legendary Oldboy, which made waves at the festival in 2004. This feverish thriller classic follows a kidnapped businessman who, once freed, embarks on a desperate quest to uncover who stole 15 years of his life—and why. This twisted and bloody tale of revenge must be experienced on the big screen.
The R&A Presents screenings will be held at Bio Rex Lasipalatsi in collaboration with Cinema Gilda. Both screenings are licensed events with an age limit of 18. In addition to single tickets (€14 / €12 for discount groups), a combo ticket including both films is available (€25). Tickets for the R&A Presents screenings are sold on the festival’s website.
The Love & Anarchy Festival’s serial cards are now on sale at the best prices of the year! A serial card makes a perfect intangible Christmas gift for any film lover. The three-ticket bundle IHASTUS (€36, reg. €40) and the six-ticket bundle HURMIO (€70, reg. €78) are valid for the Love & Anarchy Festival from September 17 to 27, 2026. The serial cards are sold on the festival’s website, and at the December R&A Presents screenings. Other R&A merch will also be available for holiday shopping. Discounted serial cards are on sale until the end of December.
R&A Presents: Park Chan-wook
Bio Rex Lasipalatsi — December 4
5:30 pm No Other Choice
8:15 pm Oldboy
Launched in spring 2025, the R&A Presents screenings bring the spirit of Love & Anarchy to cinema screens outside the September festival. The screenings will continue in early 2026. The Love & Anarchy Festival will be held for the 39th time from September 17 to 27, 2026.