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Return to Seoul

  • Sans retour / Ohne Rückkehr (Working title)
All titles (7)
Feature Film | 2021-2022 | Drama | Belgium, France, Germany

Main data

DirectorDavy Chou
Written byDavy Chou, Claire Maugendre
ProductionAurora Films [fr], Frakas Productions S.P.R.L. [be], Vandertastic GmbH, MereCinema [kr], Anti Archive [kh], Visual Walkabout [ro]
DistributorLes Films du Losange [fr], MK2 [fr], Rapid Eye Movies [de], Stadtkino Filmverleih [at]

Shooting data

Filming regionsKorea (South), Rumania

Project data

Film financing
Length of movie1h 59min
Aspect ratioWidescreen USA (1 : 1,85)
Sound formatDolby SRD / Dolby digital (5.1, 6 channels)

Trailers/Videos

  • Youtube (French)
  • Trailer (German subtitles)

Posters

  • French
  • German

Brief synopsis

On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Ji-Min ParkFreddie [L]Franciska Friede
Kwang-Rok OhFather [SR]
Guka HanTena [SR]
Sun-Young KimAunt [SR]
Yoann ZimmerMaxime [SR]
Louis-Do de LencquesaingAndré [SR]
Ouk-Sook HurGrandmother [SR]
Emeline BriffaudLucie [SR]
Cheol-Hyun LimKay-Kay [SR]
Seung-Beom SonDongwan [SR]
Dong-Seok KimJiwan [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
1st ADCamille Fleury
ColoristYannig Willmann
Director of photographyThomas Favel
2nd assistant cameraRonja Motzek
Casting directorJoanna Grudzinska
Costume designerYi Choong-Yu
Costume designerClaire Dubien
DirectorDavy Chou
Script supervisorMarion Bernard
EditorDounia Sichov
Key gripJérémy Tondeur
GafferDong-Gun Kang
GafferBertrand Prévot
Key makeup artist/hair stylistPascale Guégan
Key makeup artist/hair stylistJu-Young Kim
ComposerChristophe Musset
ComposerJérémie Arcache
ProducerKatia Khazak
ProducerCharlotte Vincent
Co-producerHanneke van der Tas
Co-producerJean-Yves Roubin
Co-producerCassandre Warnauts
Production designerChoi Chi-Youl
Production designerShin Bo-Koung
Production managerK. Jonathan Park
South Korea		South Korea
Production managerRémi Veyrié
ScreenwriterClaire Maugendre
ScreenwriterDavy Chou
Production sound mixerDirk Bombey
Sound designerVincent Villa
ADR supervisorCarina Heinrich
Deutsche Fassung		Deutsche Fassung

Production companies

CompanyComment
Aurora Films [fr]
Frakas Productions S.P.R.L. [be]
Vandertastic GmbH
coproduction		coproduction
MereCinema [kr]
associate producer South Korea		associate producer South Korea
Anti Archive [kh]
associate producer		associate producer
Visual Walkabout [ro]
service production Romania		service production Romania

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
Les Films du Losange [fr]
France (theatrical)		France (theatrical)
MK2 [fr]
International Sales		International Sales
Rapid Eye Movies [de]
Germany (theatrical) 2023		Germany (theatrical) 2023
Stadtkino Filmverleih [at]
Austria (theatrical) 2023		Austria (theatrical) 2023

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Hanneke van der Tas2022Filmfest Hamburg [de]
Hamburg Producer Award - Int. co-productions		Hamburg Producer Award - Int. co-productionsNominated
Davy Chou2022ZFF - Zurich Film Festival [ch]
Feature Film		Feature FilmNominated

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2022GermanyFilm Festival Cologne
2022FranceFestival de Cannes
Un certain regard		Un certain regard
2022CanadaTIFF - Toronto International Film Festival
Discovery		Discovery
2022PolandIFF New Horizons
Discoveries		Discoveries

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
Theatre releaseAustriaThursday, 26/01/2023
Theatre releaseGermanyThursday, 26/01/2023
Theatre releaseFranceWednesday, 25/01/2023
PremiereSunday, 22/05/2022Festival de Cannes [fr]