A Brand New Life (DVD) (Korea Version)

Product Description

Produced by Lee Chang Dong, A Brand New Life is the heartbreaking debut of Korean-French writer-director Ounie Lecomte. Loosely based on the directors own life, the film is an unflinching look at life at an orphanage circa 1975 South Korea. Lecomte takes the audience on a journey through her own past that is at once tragic, comic, & touching. A Brand New Life has picked up multiple awards around the world, including the Best Asian Award at the 2009 Tokyo International Film Festival, & the Best Childrens Feature Film Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

In a tour-de-force debut lead performance, the eight-year-old Kim Sae Ron plays Jin Hee, a young girl sent to the orphanage by her father (Sol Kyung Gu). After accepting the cruel reality of abandonment, she begins to establish relationships in the orphanage. However, attachment can only lead to pain for Jin Hee as she realizes that the orphanage cannot offer her the new life she needs; it can only be a transfer point to one.

First Press Edition comes with press event, photo gallery, & a trailer.