“You have to be able to not look back,” 25-year-old Freddie (Park Ji-Min) is told in a new trailer for “Return to Seoul.” Cambodia’s submission to the International Feature Oscar race sees Freddie returning to her birth country, South Korea, for the first time. The adoptee was raised in France and knows little about Korea.
Reluctant to open up, Freddie eventually admits that she does a lot of looking back. “I always ask myself the same question on my birthday: is my mother thinking about me?” she confesses. She seems conflicted about whether to arrange a meeting with her birth mother during her trip.
“Return to Seoul” hits theaters December 2 for a one-week run. It opens February 17 in NY and LA.
