Film
Return to Seoul
On a whim, reckless and charming Freddie (a stellar Park Ji-Min) returns to her birth country of South Korea for the first time at age 25. After being adopted and raised in France, she doesn’t speak the language, have the names of her birth parents, or exactly know what she’s doing there. Refusing the blend in and unwilling to let go, Freddie lets her life spiral in new and unexpected directions.
Following up his widely acclaimed Diamond Island, French-Cambodian director Davy Chou crafts a “rivetingly unpredictable” (IndieWire) vision of one young woman’s quest to soothe her deep-rooted identity crisis.
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation and The Thompson Family Foundation
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