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Return to Seoul (2022)

Return to Seoul poster
Original title
Retour à Séoul
Directed by
Davy Chou
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea, Qatar, Cambodia, Romania
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 480 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 25-year-old French adoptee travels to South Korea to find her biological parents. The film follows her emotionally complex journey and the unpredictable connections she makes along the way.

introspectiveunsettlingmelancholicexploratoryemotionally distantrestlesspoignantdisorienting

What happens

Return to Seoul (French: Retour à Séoul; original English title: All the People I'll Never Be) is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Davy Chou, starring Park Ji-min as a 25-year-old French adoptee who travels to South Korea seeking her biological parents. Return to Seoul premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2022. The film was selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, and made the December shortlist. It received critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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