Return to Seoul

A Feature film of

Davy Chou

Produced by

Aurora Films

Production year2022

French release25/01/2023

Runtime1 h 59 min

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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.

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Director (1)

Davy Chou
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Actors (5)

Ji-min Park

Production and distribution (4)

Executive Producer : Aurora Films

Foreign production companies : Vandertastic, Frakas Productions, MereCinema, Anti-Archive

Film exports/foreign sales : mk2 films

French distribution : Les Films du Losange

Full credits (13)

Screenplay collaboration : Laure Badufle

Executive producers : Charlotte Vincent, Katia Khazak

Screenwriter : Davy Chou

Director of Photography : Thomas Favel

Music Composers : Jérémie Arcache, Christophe Musset

Assistant director : Camille Fleury

Editor : Dounia Sichov

Sound recordists : Vincent Villa, Dirk Bombey

Costume designer : Claire Dubien

Foreign producers : Hanneke Marlise Van Der Tas, Cassandre Warnauts, Jean-Yves Roubin

Production Manager : Rémi Veyrié

Continuity supervisor : Marion Bernard

Grader : Yannig Willmann

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21 MARCH 2023

Trailer (English Subs)

16 JUNE 2022

🎙️ Davy Chou & Ji-min Park talk about "All the People I'll Never Be"/"Retour à Séoul" at Cannes 2022

"All the People I'll Never Be"/"Retour à Séoul" is a film directed by Davy Chou and selected at "Un Certain Regard" section at #CannesFilmFestival.
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Technical details

Type : Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Production language : French, Korean, English
Coproducer countries : France (70.0%), Germany (20.0%), Belgium (10.0%), Qatar, Cambodia
Original French-language productions : Yes

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Country	Distributor	Buyer	Release date	Titre local
Australia	Park Circus	Sony Pictures Classics	08/06/2023	Return to Seoul
Austria	Stadtkino Filmverleih		26/01/2023	Return To Seoul
Belgium	Imagine Film Distribution		08/02/2023	Retour à Séoul
Cambodia	Westec Media Limited		17/11/2022	វិលវិញសេអ៊ូល
Estonia	A-One Films Baltic		31/03/2023

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Country	Distributor	Buyer	Release date	Titre local
Australia	Park Circus	Sony Pictures Classics	08/06/2023	Return to Seoul
Austria	Stadtkino Filmverleih		26/01/2023	Return To Seoul
Belgium	Imagine Film Distribution		08/02/2023	Retour à Séoul
Cambodia	Westec Media Limited		17/11/2022	វិលវិញសេអ៊ូល
Estonia	A-One Films Baltic		31/03/2023
Finland	Cinemanse Films		05/05/2023	Kotiinpaluu
French-speaking Switzerland	Frenetic Films		25/01/2023	Retour à Seoul
German-speaking Switzerland	Frenetic Films		26/01/2023	Return To Seoul
Germany	Rapid Eye Movies (REM)		26/01/2023	Return To Seoul
Greece	Cinobo		11/05/2023	Επιστροφή στη Σεούλ
Hong Kong	Edko Films		16/02/2023	回首爾後
Ireland	MUBI		05/05/2023	Return To Seoul
Italy	I Wonder Pictures	MUBI	11/05/2023	Ritorno a Seoul
Japan	ENID FILMS		11/08/2023	ソウルに帰る
Latvia	A-One Films Baltic		24/03/2023	Atgriešanās Seulā
Lithuania	A-One Films Baltic		07/04/2023	Sugrįžimas į Seulą
New Zealand	Sony Pictures Classics		N/A	Return to Seoul
Norway	Selmer Media		15/09/2023	Return to Seoul
Philippines	Film Development Council Philippines		23/08/2023	Return to Seoul
Portugal	Alambique		16/03/2023	Regresso a Seul
Quebec	Métropole Films Distribution		03/03/2023	Retour à Séoul
Russia	A-One Films		13/04/2023	Возвращение в Сеул
Singapore	Anticipate Pictures		04/05/2023	Return to Seoul
South Korea	Atnine Film Co.		03/05/2023	리턴 투 서울
Spain	Vértigo Films		24/03/2023	Retorno a Seúl
Sweden	Edge Entertainment		17/02/2023	Tillbaka till Seoul
Taïwan	Proview Entertainment		24/02/2023	回到首爾
Thailand	HAL Distribution		11/05/2023	คืนรังโซล
The Netherlands	Imagine Filmdistributie Nederland		13/04/2023	Return to Seoul
Ukraine	Arthouse Traffic LLS		11/05/2023	Повернення в Сеул
United Kingdom	MUBI		05/05/2023	Return To Seoul
USA	Sony Pictures Classics		17/02/2023	Return to Seoul