Return to Seoul

Return to Seoul

2022•1h 59m•6.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(472)

After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.

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Production

Aurora Films, Vandertastic Films, Frakas Productions, Visual Walkabout, MereCinema, Anti-Archive, VOO, BeTV

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Park Ji-min

Park Ji-min

Freddie

Oh Kwang-rok

Oh Kwang-rok

Father

Guka Han

Guka Han

Tena

Kim Sun-young

Kim Sun-young

Aunt

Yoann Zimmer

Yoann Zimmer

Maxime

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Andre

Heo Jin

Heo Jin

Grandmother

Son Seung-beom

Son Seung-beom

Dongwan "French-speaking friend"

Kim Dong-seok

Kim Dong-seok

Jiwan "The boy with the fringe"

Emeline Briffaud

Lucie

Lim Cheol-hyun

Kay-Kay

Myung-hee Chung Lee

Hammond Employee in Seoul

Joo-yeoh Kim

Hammond Employee in Jeonju

Régine Vial Goldberg

Adoptive mother

Cho-woo Choi

Korean Birth Mother

Cha Mi-kyung

Cha Mi-kyung

The Father's Wife

Young-sik Ko

Boy in Leopard Sweatshirt

You-seop Lee

Boy in Leather Jacket

Ae-ri Kim

"Paris Baguette" girl

Yeon-ok Lim

"Your friend is original" girl

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