The Return
The Return
2018 • Films • Drama/ • 1 h 24 mins
Two Danish-Korean adoptees visit their Motherland for the first time and are confronted with their own identity struggles.
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The Return
The Return
2018 • Films • Drama/1 h 24 mins
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Details
Two Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country where they were born. Intrigued by the spirit of their motherland and confronted with the personal stories of the fellow adoptees they meet in Seoul, Karoline and Thomas are hurled into an emotionally disorienting journey that forces them both to question their own destiny and identity.
Director
Malene Choi
Country
Denmark
Language
English
Danish
Korean
Details
Two Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country where they were born. Intrigued by the spirit of their motherland and confronted with the personal stories of the fellow adoptees they meet in Seoul, Karoline and Thomas are hurled into an emotionally disorienting journey that forces them both to question their own destiny and identity.
Director
Malene Choi
Country
Denmark
Language
English
Danish
Korean
Accolades
Best International Feature Film Nominee
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2018
Best First Film Nominee, Bright Future Award
Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2018
Best International Feature Film Nominee
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2018
Best First Film Nominee, Bright Future Award
Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2018
Best International Feature Film Nominee
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2018
Best First Film Nominee, Bright Future Award
Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2018
Critics
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...'... a sensitive film that tackles the themes of identity and culture gaps...'
Cineuropa
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...'... a provocative mood piece about loneliness and belonging…'
Variety
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...'The Return perfectly encapsulates what it feels to be a foreigner in your own country of origin.'
The Asian Cinema Critic
Meet the Cast
Karoline Sofie Lee
Meet the Cast
Karoline Sofie Lee
Directors
Malene Choi
Director's Statement
“
We, the adoptees, live as the hidden minority in society and therefore I want to shed light on our existence and write us into history. Up until now, we have been silent, but as adults we now have a voice through which we can express how it feels to be part of a social experiment that transnational adoption is. THE RETURN is about being unsure of who you are and where you belong.
Malene Choi
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