Karoline and Thomas, born in Korea, adopted and taken to Denmark, return to the country of their birth to search for their past. Partially inspired by her own story, Malene Choi Jensen intertwines fiction and documentary with delicacy and modesty to bring us one of the truest and most beautiful films about adoption. The Return is Malene Choi Jensen’s first feature film. Malene ChoiIN THE PRESENCE OF
STARRING
Thomas Hwan
Karoline Sofie Lee
DIRECTOR
Malene Choi Jensen
WRITER
Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
PHOTOGRAPHY
Catherine Pattinama Coleman
FILM EDITING
Julius Krebs Damsbo
SOUND
Anne Gry Friis Kristensen
Kevin Koch
MUSIC
Philip Nicolai Flindt
CREDITS IMAGES
Catherine Pattinama Coleman
Göteborg Film festival
PRODUCTION
Walenciak Film
Adomeit Film
SALES
Network GmbH
Pluto Film
Malene Choi Jensen
Malene Choi Jensen (1973) completed her documentary training at Den Danske Filmskole in 2005. Her work, fiction and documentary, was shown at Hot Docs, Gothenburg Film Festival, Nordic Panorama and Venice International Short Film Festival. Her short film Dyret (2012) won the Danish Robert Award for best short fiction. The Return (2018) is her first feature film.
FILMOGRAPHY
2000: Essay (short doc)
2005: Inshallah (short doc)
2008: Voice over Voice (short doc)
2012: Dyret (short)
2014: Wood (short)
2015: Nature (short)
2018: The Return