A Brand New Life (2009 film)

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A Brand New Life
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Hangul	여행자
Hanja	旅行者
Revised Romanization	Yeohaengja
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏhaengja

Directed by	Ounie Lecomte
Written by	Ounie Lecomte
Produced by	Lee Chang-dong Laurent Lavole Lee Joon-dong
Starring	Kim Sae-ron Park Do-yeon
Cinematography	Kim Hyun-seok
Edited by	Kim Hyung-joo
Music by	Jim Sert
Production companies	Now Film Gloria Films
Distributed by	Finecut DCG Plus
Release dates	May 20, 2009 (2009-05-20) (Cannes) October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29) (South Korea)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$167,776^[1]

A Brand New Life (Korean: 여행자; RR: Yeohaengja) is a 2009 film. It is the debut feature of Ounie Lecomte, who directed and wrote the film.^[2]

Loosely based on Lecomte's own experience, A Brand New Life is set in Seoul in 1975. The film portrays a girl who is left in a Catholic orphanage by her father and her struggle to adjust to a new life.^[2]

A Brand New Life was released in South Korea on October 29, 2009.^[3] The film grossed over US$167,776^[1] and was well received by critics. It won several awards, such as the Best Asian Film Award at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival and the jury award at the 2009 Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam.^[3]

Plot

Jin-hee (Kim Sae-ron) is a 9-year-old girl whose father leaves her at an orphanage run by Catholic nuns after remarrying. Before leaving her, her father buys her new clothes and a cake to convince her that she is going on a trip. This coincides with the Korean title, which literally means "traveler" or "tourist". In the orphanage, she tries to come to grips with the abandonment by her father and insecurities about a possible adoption. She gradually makes friendships, although she retains the belief that her father will return to take her back. She struggles, sometimes violently, to adjust to her surroundings and makes a failed attempt to run away from the orphanage. Eventually, Jin-hee is adopted by French parents who are eagerly waiting for her at an airport to meet their new child.

Cast

Kim Sae-ron as Jin-hee
Park Do-yeon as Sook-hee
Go Ah-sung as Ye-shin
Park Myung-shin as a nanny
Sol Kyung-gu as Jin-hee's father
Oh Man-seok as Director Goo
Shin Young-sik as Ye-shin's foster father
Moon Sung-keun as a doctor
Richard Wilson as puppeteer/U.S. soldier
Rob Youngs as Sook-hee's adoptive father
Luke Doyle as guitarist/U.S. soldier
Harvey Schmidt as Jin-hee adoptive father

References

^ ^a ^b "A Brand New Life". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ ^a ^b "A Brand New Life on Worldmovie". WORLD MOVIES Channel. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ ^a ^b "Korean-French Movie Honored at Tokyo Film Fest". The Chosun Ilbo. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2011-07-02.

External links

A Brand New Life at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
A Brand New Life at IMDb
A Brand New Life at HanCinema

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