A Brand New Life

A Brand New Life

92 mins | Drama | Oct. 29, 2009

Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is based on the experiences of the director, an ethnic Korean who was adopted by a French couple in the 1970s.

A Brand New Life

92 mins | Drama | Oct. 29, 2009

A Brand New Life
Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is based on the experiences of the director, an ethnic Korean who was adopted by a French couple in the 1970s.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Gloria Films, NOWFILM
Original title 여행자
Directors Lee Jong-un, Cho Yong-jin, Ounie Lecomte
Writers Lee Jung-hwa, Ounie Lecomte, Lee Chang-dong

Cast

Kim Sae-ron

as Jin-hee

Park Do-yeon

as Sook-hee

Ko A-sung

as Ye-shin

Sol Kyung-gu

as Jin-hee's Father

Moon Sung-keun

as Doctor

Jung Ye-jin

as Sister Park

Oh Man-seok

as Director Koo

Shin Young-sik

as Ye-shin's Foster Father

Baek Hyun-joo

as Sister Lim