Return to Seoul movie storyline. Bearing no connection to her heritage, Korean-born Frédérique Benoît, a 25-year-old woman adopted by a French couple and raised as French since infancy, visits South Korea for the first time on a whim. And accompanied by new acquaintance Tena, impulsive Freddie reluctantly decides to trace her birth parents, unwittingly triggering a challenging voyage of self-discovery.
However, heavy emotional baggage holds Freddie back. Like a fish out of water, the young visitor searches for answers in a strange, vast land. Instead, guilt and the language barrier stand in the way of closure. But on this unexpected journey of reconnection and truth, will the accidental return to Seoul help Freddie find her identity?
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, and starring Ji-Min Park 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.
Return to Seoul (2023)
Retour à Séoul
Directed by: Davy Chou
Starring: Ji-Min Park, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Hur Ouk-Sook, Émeline Briffaud, Régine Vial Goldberg, Cho-woo Choi
Screenplay by: Davy Chou
Production Design by: Chi-youl Choi, Bo-Kyung Sin
Cinematography by: Thomas Favel
Film Editing by: Dounia Sichov
Costume Design by: Claire Dubien, Choong-Yun Yi
Music by: Jérémie Arcache, Christophe Musset
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Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics (North and Latin America, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand)
Release Date: May 22, 2022 (Cannes), February 17, 2023 (United States)
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