Director
Malene Choi
Starring
Karoline Sofie Lee, Thomas Hwan, Seong In-Ja
Run Time
84 mins
Release Year
2018
Country of Origin
Denmark
Certificate
15
Language
Danish, English, Korean
Director of Photography: Catherine Pattinama Coleman
Editor: Julius Krebs Damsbo
Produced by: Julie Friis Walenciak, Julie Rix Bomholt, Katja Adomeit
Music: Philip Nicolai Flindt
Screenplay by: Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
Sound Production: Anne Gry Friis Kristensen, Kevin Koch
The Return
Part of the European Perspectives Strand
An enthralling blend of fiction and documentary, Malene Choi’s emotionally absorbing film follows Danish-Korean adoptees as they head back to their native land in search of their birth parents. Denmark-raised Karoline (Karoline Sofie Lee) and Thomas (Thomas Hwan) meet at a Seoul guesthouse designed for returning Korean adoptees. As the two get to know each other, the film intercuts footage of other real-life residents dealing with the emotions that emerge from encounters with Korea, their birth parents and how this impacts their adoptive families.