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Approved for Adoption (2012)

Overview

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.
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Jung profile
Jung

Director

Laurent Boileau profile
Laurent Boileau

Director

Cast

William Coryn profile
William Coryn

Jung (voice)

Christelle Cornil profile
Christelle Cornil

La mère (voice)

Jean-Luc Couchard profile
Jean-Luc Couchard

Le père (voice)

Arthur Dubois profile
Arthur Dubois

Jung (8 ans) (voice)

David Macaluso profile
David Macaluso

Jung (17 ans) (voice)

Jung profile
Jung

Self

William Coryn profile
William Coryn

Jung (voice)

Christelle Cornil profile
Christelle Cornil

La mère (voice)

Jean-Luc Couchard profile
Jean-Luc Couchard

Le père (voice)

Arthur Dubois profile
Arthur Dubois

Jung (8 ans) (voice)

David Macaluso profile
David Macaluso

Jung (17 ans) (voice)

Jung profile
Jung

Self

Extra

Release Date

June 6, 2012

Original Language

French

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Belgacom logoArtémis Productions logo2 Minutes logo

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