Free Screening of “Return to Seoul” + Q&A with Director Davy Chou
Screenwriter and Filmmaker Davy Chou
Sun, 2/11 · 6:00 pm—9:00 pm · Betts Auditorium
Princeton Film Festival Society; GradFUTURES; Department of East Asian Studies; Albertine Cinemathèque
You’re invited to an exceptional free screening of multi-award-winning “Return to Seoul” (2022), an “absorbing and emotional Korean drama about adoption”. Freddie (Park Ji-Min), a twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to South-Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn… The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with director and screenwriter Davy Chou. Rated 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In English, French, and Korean with English subtitles, the screening will start at 6:00 PM on Sunday, February 11, 2024, and will last about 120 minutes. Followed by Q&A from 8:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Doors open at 5:45 PM.
Open to the public. Tickets are free but registration is required. The room is wheelchair-friendly.
More information on parking areas and directions to the screening room will be sent to ticket holders via email.
Organized by the Princeton Film Festival Society with support from 1) GradFUTURES (Princeton University), 2) Princeton University’s Department of East Asian Studies, and 3)Albertine Cinemathèque, a program of FACE Foundation and Villa Albertine (New York), including support from the CNC / Centre National du Cinema, and SACEM / Fonds Culturel Franco-Américain.
