![]() As they are leaving, she tries to kiss Tena, who rejects her and tells Freddie she is “a very sad person”.įreddie tries to return to her hotel with the DJ from the bar, but is confronted by her drunken father, who scolds her for ignoring his attempts at contact and scares off the DJ. She goes to a bar with Tena and the man she slept with on her first night in Seoul, whose declarations of love she cruelly mocks, making Tena uncomfortable. Freddie finds his relentless attention oppressive and stops responding. Afterwards, her father calls Freddie and sends her text messages declaring his regret for giving her up for adoption and promising a new life in Korea. When her father responds, she travels to visit him, with Tena serving as their translator.įreddie is initially uncomfortable, but agrees to stay three nights with her biological father’s family. ![]() Tena and a friend of hers tell Freddie she can only contact her biological parents through the Hammond Adoption Center.Īlthough Freddie first insists that she is not in Korea to find her parents, she goes to Hammond and learns that the agency can send telegrams to her parents, who can respond and allow Hammond to arrange for a rendezvous or ask Hammond not to contact them again, a request Hammond must honor. She bonds with Tena, the desk clerk at her hotel, and sleeps with a man she meets with Tena in restaurant. It received critical acclaim.įreddie, who was born in South Korea 25 years ago and adopted by French parents, arrives in Seoul "by accident" after her flight to Tokyo is cancelled. The film was selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, and made the December shortlist. Return to Seoul premiered on at the Cannes Film Festival under the Un Certain Regard section. Return to Seoul ( French: Retour à Séoul) (original English title All the People I’ll Never Be) is a 2022 internationally co-produced drama film directed and written by Davy Chou, and starring Ji-Min Park as a 25-year-old French adoptee who travels to South Korea, seeking her biological parents.
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