Return to Seoul
Return to Seoul
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A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 3, 2025
Park Ji-min is Freddie, a 25 year old French woman adopted from Korea when she was an infant. Through happenstance or perhaps willful machinations she finds herself back in Seoul seeking out her biological parents. Freddie appears to live her life as a chaos agent, bucking social norms, and constantly doing the opposite of what’s expected of her. Ji-min portrays Freddie with this incredible fuck-the-world kind of energy and piercing stare that serves as your only warning that you may be in the path of destruction.
Having had no physical ties to Korea, no knowledge of the customs or culture, and no grasp of the language, Freddie is adrift seemingly searching for answers into her own identity, yet at the same time casting aside every answer she finds. I thought many times that I had this story pegged, but I was wrong every time. I was absolutely riveted by Ji-min’s performance. (Her first, by the way). Highly recommend.