A Brand New Life

Seoul, 1975. Jinhee is 9. Her father has placed her in an orphanage run by Catholic nuns. The little girl has to deal with the ordeal of separation and the long wait for a new family. As the seasons pass, the departures of adopted children allow her to glimpse the dream that awaits her but shatter the friendships that she has just formed. Jinhee resists because she knows that the promise of a brand-new life will separate her for good from those she loves.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Ounie Lecomte
Cinematography: Kim Hyunseok
Editing: Kim Hyungjoo
Sound: Choi Jailo
Music: Jim Sert
Actors: Kim Saeron (Jinhee), Park Doyeon (Sookhee), Ko A-sung (Yeshin), Park Myungshin (nurse), Oh Mansuk (the head of the orphanage), Sol Kyunggu (Jinhee’s father), Moon Sungkeun (doctor)
Production: Gloria Films, France T. +33 1 4221 4211 F. +33 1 4221 4331 mel@gloriafilms.fr & Now Films, South Korea
Producers: Lee Changdong, Laurent Lavole, Lee Joondong
Costumes: Kwon Yooj
Production Design: Baek Kyeongin
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: South Korea
Production Year: 2009
Duration: 92
Contact: Finecut, South Korea T. +82 2 569 8777 F. +82 2 569 9466 cineinfo@finecut.co.kr www.finecut.co.kr

Ounie Lecomte

She was born in Seoul in 1966. She left Korea for France at the age of 9 when a Protestant family adopted her. After studying dress design, she worked on a number of films: as an actress with Olivier Assayas (Paris s’eveille) and as a costume designer, notably for Sophie Fillieres. In 1991, she returned to Korea to play the part of an abandoned girl looking for her roots there. The film (Seoul Metropolis by Seo Myung-Soo) was never made, but reality caught up with fiction and she was reunited with her biological family. In 2006, she enrolled at the Femis Screenwriting Workshop where she started to write A Brand New Life.

Filmography

2009 Ye Haeng Ja/A Brand New Life