A Brand New Life
“The sorrow of losing the loved one, then there waits…”
Drama
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.
VIBE
A quiet, devastating portrait of a child grappling with abandonment. It’s a film that lingers, marked by a profound sense of loss and a fragile, persistent hope for reunion. The emotional weight is palpable, even in its stillness.
melancholicwistfulheartbreakingresilientslow-burnarthouse dramacharacter-drivenintrospectiveabandonmenthopeidentitychildhood trauma
woman director
