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Approved for Adoption

2012

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.

Cast & Crew

WCWC
William Coryn

as Jung (voice)

CCCC
Christelle Cornil

as La mère (voice)

JCJC
Jean-Luc Couchard

as Le père (voice)

ADAD
Arthur Dubois

as Jung (8 ans) (voice)

DMDM
David Macaluso

as Jung (17 ans) (voice)

CMCM
Cathy Ming-Jung

as Self

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