Film

Return to Seoul

2022 · 1h 59m · Drama

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

87

After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.

Park Ji-min

Freddie

Oh Kwang-rok

Father

Guka Han

Tena

Kim Sun-young

Aunt

Yoann Zimmer

Maxime

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Andre

Heo Jin

Grandmother

Son Seung-beom

Dongwan "French-speaking friend"

Kim Dong-seok

Jiwan "The boy with the fringe"

Emeline Briffaud

Lucie

Lim Cheol-hyun

Kay-Kay

Myung-hee Chung Lee

Hammond Employee in Seoul

Joo-yeoh Kim

Hammond Employee in Jeonju

Régine Vial

Adoptive mother

Cho-woo Choi

Korean Birth Mother

Cha Mi-kyung

The Father's Wife

• Davy ChouDirector · Writer
• Katia KhazakProducer
• Charlotte VincentProducer
• Christophe HollebekeExecutive Producer
• Diana ParoiuExecutive Producer
• Thomas FavelDirector of Photography
• Christophe MussetOriginal Music Composer
• Jérémie ArcacheOriginal Music Composer
• Dounia SichovEditor

Official International Trailer [Subtitled]Trailer [Subtitled]Official US Trailer [Subtitled]

Release date

November 18, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

Korean

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Revenue

$1,594,998

Genres

Drama

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