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On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born, before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.
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On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born, before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.
"Return to Seoul" is a drama film directed and written by Davy Chou and was released on 18 November, 2022. The film's story is about a twenty five year old young lady, Freddy who was born in South Korea but moved from there as she was adopted by a French couple. Later, she returns to South Korea in order to find her biological parents. But she didn't know that a lot of surprises were waiting for her. Film has a fragmented ,challenging, and episodic structure too that serves well the inner story it is trying to tell. Park Ji-Min's performance as Freddie was absolutely brilliant. The spontaneous moments that she orchestrated were really stunning and really the highlight of the film. The supporting cast includes Jimin, Yoann Zimmer, Guka Han, Kim Sun-Young , Oh Kwang rok and others - all of them also delivered a powerful performance. Definitely, this film's a great watch .
Best Director | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best Narrative Feature | 2022 | Davy Chou
International Competition | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best Picture | 2022 | Davy Chou
Asian Next Wave Competition | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best Supporting Actor | 2023 | Oh Gwang-rok
Best Editing | 2023 | Dounia Sichov
Best Director | 2023 | Davy Chou
Most Promising Actor (Meilleur espoir masculin) | 2024 | Yoann Zimmer
Best Foreign Film in CoProduction (Meilleur film tranger en coproduction) | 2024 | Davy Chou
Narrative Feature | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best International Film | 2023 | Davy Chou
Main Competition | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best Foreign Language Film | 2023 | Davy Chou
Best Film (Meilleur Film Francophone) | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best Picture Asian Next Wave Competition | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best Film | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best Film | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best Film | 2022 | Katia Khazak
Best Film | 2022 | Davy Chou
Best International Feature Film | 2022 | Davy Chou
Box Office Collection 1,594,998 USD
Official submission of Cambodia for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 95th Academy Awards in 2023.
First film as an actress of visual artist Park Ji-min.
The movie is based on the life of Laure Badufle, a friend of director Davy Chou. Like Freddie, she was born in South Korea, stayed a year there before being adopted in France. At age 23, she came back and lived for two years there before returning to France. A few years after that, Chou accompanied her to South Korea, when they met her biological father and grandmother. According to him, the meeting was full of emotions, of regret and bad communication, with the translator struggling to convey Badufle's anger into polite Korean.
The story is set successively in 2014, 2016, 2021 and 2022.
First movie role for Park Ji-min, who is a plastic artist. During pre-production, she had a lot of questions and criticisms regarding the script, and pushed director Davy Chou to identify some clichés about gender roles, seduction or clothing he unconsciously put in the character of Freddie. As a result, the character in the movie is very much a product of the two of them.
"Tena: [to Freddie] You are a sad person."
