A BRAND NEW LIFE (YEO-HAENG-JA)

Synopsis A Brand New Life (Yeo-haeng-ja) (2009) Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is based on the experiences of the director, an ethnic Korean who was adopted by a French couple in the 1970s. ??peter07 Awards: 10 wins & 2 nominations Worldwide Gross: $169,277