Return to Seoul revels in the possibilities of perpetual drift. Freddie’s relationships with her birth parents, her adoptive parents, and herself remain in flux.

Don't believe the K-dramas. Look to "Return to Seoul" for a more realistic view on Korean adoptees.

This fantastic film is just as much the creation of its star, Park Ji-min, a French-Korean visual artist who had never acted before. She gives an extraordinary performance as Freddie.

Freddie isn’t meant to please, and sometimes not empathize with at times, but it would be useless to watch RETURN TO SEOUL if the character fell in that same pitfall again and again.