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This remarkable animated doc traces the unconventional upbringing of the filmmaker Jung Henin, one of thousands of Korean children adopted by Western families after the end of the Korean War. It is the story of a boy stranded between two cultures. Sepia-toned animated vignettes – some humorous and some poetic – track Jung from the day he first meets his new blond siblings, through elementary school, and into his teenage years, when his emerging sense of identity begins to create fissures at home and ignite the latent biases of his adoptive parents. The filmmaker tells his story using his own animation intercut with snippets of super-8 family footage and archival film. The result is an animated memoir like no other: clear-eyed and unflinching, humorous and wry, and above all, inspiring in the capacity of the human heart.
Original Release
06/06/2012
US Release
11/01/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Maxym Anciaux | Cédric à 8 ans |
Mahé Collet | Valérie à 3 ans |
Christelle Cornil | La mère adoptive de Jung / La mère |
William Coryn | Jung adulte / Jung |
Jean-Luc Couchard | Le père adoptif de Jung / Le père |
Aaricia Dubois | Coralie à 8 ans / Coralie à 6 ans |
Alayin Dubois | Coralie à 5 ans / Gaëlle à 5 ans |
Arthur Dubois | Jung à 8 ans / Jung (8 ans) |
Jung Henin | Self |
Nathalie Homs | Bonne Maman |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maxym Anciaux | Cédric à 8 ans |
Mahé Collet | Valérie à 3 ans |
Christelle Cornil | La mère adoptive de Jung / La mère |
William Coryn | Jung adulte / Jung |
Jean-Luc Couchard | Le père adoptif de Jung / Le père |
Aaricia Dubois | Coralie à 8 ans / Coralie à 6 ans |
Alayin Dubois | Coralie à 5 ans / Gaëlle à 5 ans |
Arthur Dubois | Jung à 8 ans / Jung (8 ans) |
Jung Henin | Self |
Nathalie Homs | Bonne Maman |
David Macaluso | Jung à 17 ans / Jung (17 ans) |
Jazz Marlier | Catherine à 7 ans / Valérie à 12 ans |
Cathy Min Jung | Gaëlle à 14 ans |
David Murgia | Cédric à 17 ans |
Pauline Souren | Carole à 12 ans / Valérie à 12 ans |
Leo Van Bever | Jacques |
Jenna Warren | Coralie to 5 years old / Gaëlle to 5 years old |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nicolas Burlet | Producer |
Jean-Luc Desmond | Producer |
Natacha Le Véo | Producer |
Nicolas Piccato | Producer |
Thomas Schmitt | Producer |
Sibylle Seys Smets | Producer |
Jean-Paul Vercoutere | Producer |
Jongho Yi | Producer |
Arlette Zylberberg | Producer |
Patrick Quinet | Producer |