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Approved for Adoption

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7.3/10 • 26

2012-06-061h 10m

AnimationFamilyDocumentary

This remarkable animated documentary 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. Animated vignettes – some humorous and some poetic – track Jung from the day he first meet 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 above all, inspiring in the capacity of the human heart.

Directors
Cathy Ming-Jung, Laurent Boileau
Writters
Laurent Boileau

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  1. William Coryn

    William Coryn

    Jung (voice)

  2. Christelle Cornil

    Christelle Cornil

    La mère (voice)

  3. Jean-Luc Couchard

    Jean-Luc Couchard

    Le père (voice)

  4. Arthur Dubois

    Arthur Dubois

    Jung (8 ans) (voice)

  5. David Macaluso

    David Macaluso

    Jung (17 ans) (voice)

  6. Cathy Ming-Jung

    Cathy Ming-Jung

    Self

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
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