Davy Chou delves into his new film about a 25-year-old woman who, raised in France but passing through Korea, spontaneously decides to search for her biological mother and father
"Flummoxed by the culture, the food and the language, Freddie is given a terrific reading by Park Ji-min as she rips through the subtleties of South Korean etiquette."
The French-Korean artist Park Ji-min, in her debut film role, unleashes a powerhouse performance as Freddie Benoît, an impulsive emotional whirlwind from Paris who’s tearing through Korea in search of her biological parents
“Return to Seoul” transcends the average “problem” drama: It treats the young Frenchwoman at its center not as a problem to be solved, but as a peripatetic life to be followed.