A Brand New Life
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Current user rating: 95/100 (12 votes)
Profile
- Movie: A Brand New Life / Travelers (lit. title)
- Revised romanization: Yeohaengja
- Hangul: 여행자
- Director: Ounie Lecomte
- Writer: Ounie Lecomte
- Producer: Lee Chang-Dong, Laurent Lavole, Lee Jun-Dong
- Cinematographer: Hyun Seok Kim
- World Premiere: May 20, 2009 (Cannes Film Festival)
- Release Date: October 29, 2009
- Runtime: 92 min.
- Studio: Now Film, Gloria Films
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Set in the 1970's in a South Korean orphanage, as one child awaits to be adopted.
Notes
- During the 11t Pusan Promotion Plan (which runs during the Pusan Int. Film Festival), "A Brand New Life" picked up the $10,000 OKF Fund award, which is presented by the Overseas Korean Foundation to fund a project from a Korean living overseas.
- Director Ounie Lecomte was born in South Korea but adopted as child by French parents. This movie is based partially on her experiences.
- "A Brand New Life" is produced by Now Film (South Korea) and Gloria Films (France) which is thought to be the first South Korean-French co-produced film.
Cast
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| Kim Sae-Ron | Park Do-Yeon | Ko Ah-Sung | Park Myeong-Sin | Sol Kyung-Gu |
| Jin-hee | Suk-hee | Ye-shin | nanny | inhee's father (cameo) |
Additional Cast Members:
- Oh Man-Seok
- Shin Young-Sik - Ye-shin's foster father
- Moon Sung-Geun - doctor (cameo)
Trailer (South Korea)
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Trailer (Japan)
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Film Festivals
- 2009 (62nd) Cannes Film Festival - May 20 - "Special screenings" (World Premiere)
- 2009 (34th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 10th-19th - Discovery
- 2009 (14th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 8th-16th - World Cinema
- 2009 (22nd) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 17th-25th - Winds of Asia - Middle East
- 2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival - February 11th-21th - Generation
- 2010 (34th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 21st-April 6th - Global Vision
- 2010 (4th) Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur - June 12-18, 2010 - Cinesdelsur.ext
Awards
- "Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award" - 2009 (22nd) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 17th-25th
- "Best Children's Feature Film" - 2009 (3rd) Asia Pacific Screen Awards - November 26th
- "Korean International Critics Award" - 2010 (30th) Critics Choice Awards - November 8
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Olivia Says:
Apr 16 2010 9:53 am
I saw this movie at the Toronto Film Festival. IT WAS AWESOME!!!! I want to buy the DVD, but I couldn't find it.. :(
Awesome picture and acting. I totally recommend this movie.
RazorbladeKiss Says:
Sep 25 2009 9:01 pm
can`t wait to watch this! this sounds really good!