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PMA Films: Return to Seoul

  • Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square Portland, ME, 04101 United States (map)

SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM


The magic of Chou’s film — and of the irrepressible performance tasked with carrying it through every shot — lies in how it reflects the chaotic energy of someone who’s lost in translation within herself.
— David Ehrlich, IndieWire

118 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Davy Chou. In French, Korean, and English with English subtitles.

After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.

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