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A Brand New Life is a french film of genre Drama directed by Ounie Lecomte released in france in DVD on 20 may 2010 with Kim Sae-ron
A Brand New Life (2009)
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Add to a movie listRelease in DVD in france 20 may 2010
Length 1h32
Directed by Ounie Lecomte
OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Rating73%
A Brand New Life (Hangul: 여행자; RR: Yeohaengja; MR: Yŏhaengja) is a 2009 film. The film is the debut feature of the director Ounie Lecomte, who directed and wrote this film.
Loosely based on Lecomte's own life experience, A Brand New Life is set in Seoul in 1975, and is about a girl who is left in an all-girls Catholic orphanage by her father, and her struggle to adjust to her new lot in life.
A Brand New Life was released in South Korea on October 29, 2009. The film grossed over US$167,776, and was well received by critics. It won several awards such as the Best Asian Film Award at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival and the jury award at the 2009 Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam.
Synopsis
Jin-hee (Kim Sae-ron) is a 9-year-old girl whose father leaves her at an orphanage after remarrying. Before leaving her at the orphanage, her father buys her new clothes and a cake to convince her that she is going on a trip. (This coincides with the Korean title, which literally means "traveler" or "tourist") In the orphanage she tries to come to grips with the abandonment by her parents and insecurities about a possible adoption. She gradually makes friendships, although she retains the belief throughout most of the movie that her father will return to take her back, and struggles (sometimes violently) not to adjust to her surroundings. In the end, Jin-hee is adopted by French parents who are eagerly waiting for her at an airport to meet their new child.Actors
Kim Sae-ron
(Jin-hee)
Go Ah-seong
(Ye-shin)
Sol Kyung-gu
(Jin-hee's Father)
Moon Sung-keun
(a doctor)
Oh Man-seok
(Director Oh)
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