MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service and production company, is pleased to announce that Davy Chou’s (Diamond Island) captivating story of self-discovery Return to Seoul will open theatrically in the UK and Ireland on 5 May 2023 and will be available to stream exclusively on MUBI from 7 July 2023.
Starring Oj Kwang-Rok (Oldboy) and Kim Sun-Young (Three Sisters), and introducing newcomer Park Ji-Min in the leading role, Return to Seoul received its World Premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival under the Un Certain Regard section.
On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.
