Return to Seoul
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A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
Cast
- Park Ji-min
- Oh Kwang-rok
- Guka Han
- Kim Sun-young
- Yoann Zimmer
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
- Hur Ouk-Sook
- Son Seung-Beom
- Dong Seok Kim
- Emeline Briffaud
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- Sep 25, 2022
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fran hoepfnerSep 8, 2022Few movies have ever been more perfectly in tune with their protagonists than Davy Chou’s jagged, restless, and rivetingly unpredictable “Return to Seoul,” a shark-like adoption drama that its 25-year-old heroine wears like an extra layer of skin or sharp cartilage. The…
davidehrlichMay 27, 2022The Worst Person in the World for people who repressed their parent issues with the golden era of Tumblr.
Marein - Oct 13, 2022
Seoul-set, French dialogue...goth clubbing... sad girl... I was always set up to love this. Blown away by Park Ji-min's performance and the way she internalizes her pain and then leaves behind a trail of chaos. There's one throwaway line/side plot that is maybe played for…
KYKMar 3, 2023I think I’m happy. I hope you are too.lost in translation. learning to be okay with the idea that your life might be irreparably broken (whether that be via familial ties, culture clash, failed relationships, or your own changing self identity) is a long, messy process that…
coffeeApr 19, 2023The struggles of negotiating one's identity with the only ones who can, where complications arise in realizing that they can't give you what you want nor what you need but precisely what you deserve. Part of this diasporic searching comes with it expectations of easy…
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- Sophie lovedReturn to Seoul
The complicated story of a sad person and her sucky coping mechanism. I love when movies aren't afraid of silences. & the way the show how awkward vulnerability can be is amazing. Freddie might be harsh, but she's also truthful, which is an intense combination.
ChisaiPapillon is "meh" onReturn to SeoulI the concept is good, however I have mixed feelings about the main character and the end was left on the open...
Gerben Joustra dislikedReturn to SeoulPeculiar & slowwwwww Didn't really catch the point, apart fm the obvious
- BilliamOfOrange is "meh" onReturn to Seoul
It's not completely bad but it a bit unsatisfactory.
Ellis Hamburger likedReturn to SeoulRaving can’t cure everything
Misha Lanilischka is "meh" onReturn to SeoulMeh too casual
- Othneil Oswald lovedReturn to Seoul
mesmerizing
cathymarii lovedReturn to Seoulamazing.
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May 3, 2023
The film isn’t inconclusive but its time and continent-sweeping structure is anything but conventional: and that’s what makes the mercurial Return to Seoul, in the end, so remarkable.
Ella Kemp
Little White Lies
Dec 7, 2022
Return to Seoul begins as an intimately off-the-cuff stranger-in-strange-land story and becomes a sprawling epic of personal discovery. It’s one of the best films of the year.
Jason Bailey
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Return to Seoul (2023) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Return to Seoul (2023)?
The movie is 1hr 55min long.
What's Return to Seoul (2023) about?
A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
Who's the cast of Return to Seoul (2023)?
- Park Ji-min as Frédérique Benoît AKA Freddie
- Oh Kwang-rok as Freddie's Korean Father
- Guka Han as Tena
- Kim Sun-young as Korean Aunt
- Yoann Zimmer as Maxime
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as André
- Hur Ouk-Sook as Grandmother
- Son Seung-Beom as Dongwan - the Francophone Friend
- Dong Seok Kim as Jiwan
- Emeline Briffaud as Lucie
Who's the director behind Return to Seoul (2023)?
Davy Chou directed Return to Seoul (2023).
Who produced Return to Seoul (2023)?
Katia Khazak and Charlotte Vincent produced Return to Seoul (2023).
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