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The Return (2018)

2018-01-31 · 1h 25m · EN
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Two Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country they were once born in. Confronted with the spirit of their Motherland and the personal stories of the fellow adoptees they meet in the city of Seoul, Karoline and Thomas are hurled into an emotionally disorienting journey that forces both of them to question and face their own destiny and identity.

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Sissel Dalsgaard ThomsenWriterMalene Choi JensenDirector

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Thomas HwanThomas HwanThomasKaroline Sofie LeeKaroline Sofie LeeKarolineSeong In-jaSeong In-jaThomas' mor

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Two Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country they were once born in. Confronted with the spirit of their Motherland and the personal stories of the fellow adoptees they meet in the city of Seoul, Karoline and Thomas are hurled into an emotionally disorienting journey that forces both of them to question and face their own destiny and identity.

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The Return has a runtime of 85 minutes.

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