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THE RETURN

By Malene CHOI

Drama - Completed 2018

Two Danish-Korean adoptees visit their Motherland for the first time and are confronted with their own identity struggles.

Festivals
& Awards

Rotterdam IFF 2018

Bright Future

Berlin European Film Market (EFM) 2018

Seminci - Valladolid IFF 2018

Göteborg Film Festival 2018

Main Competition - FIPRESCI Award: Special Mention

Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 2018

Competition of European Debuts

CPH:DOX 2018

Hot Docs 2018

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Drama, First film, True Story
- Countries
- DENMARK, KOREA (South)
- Languages
- DANISH, ENGLISH, KOREAN
- Duration
- 84 mn
- Director(s)
- Malene CHOI
- Writer(s)
- Sissel DALSGAARD THOMSEN
- Cast
- Karoline Sofie LEE, Thomas HWAN, Seong IN-JA
- Producer(s)
- Julie FRIIS WALENCIAK (Walenciak Film), Julie RIX BOMHOLT (Walenciak Film), Katja ADOMEIT (ADOMEIT FILM APS)
- Synopsis
- Two Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country they were once born in. Confronted with the spirit of their Motherland and the personal stories of the fellow adoptees they meet in the city of Seoul, Karoline and Thomas are hurled into an emotionally disorienting journey that forces both of them to question and face their own destiny and identity.
  Operating in a hybrid field THE RETURN is partially based on director Malene Choi's personal experience as well as stories shared by adoptees that Malene encountered in Seoul while shooting the film.