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Approved for Adoption

AnimationFamilyDocumentary
2012, 1h 10min
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.
Country: Belgium, South Korea, France, Switzerland
Directors:
Laurent Boileau,
Jung
Cast:
Jean-Luc Couchard,
Christelle Cornil,
William Coryn,
Arthur Dubois
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Laurent Boileau
Director
Jung
Director
Jean-Luc Couchard
As Le père
Christelle Cornil
As La mère
William Coryn
As Jung
Arthur Dubois
As Jung (8 ans)

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"Approved for Adoption" is a powerful animated documentary that follows the unconventional upbringing of filmmaker Jung Henin, one of thousands of Korean children adopted by Western families after the Korean War. With a unique blend of animation and real-life footage, the film takes us on a journey of self-discovery, as Jung navigates between two cultures and grapples with his emerging sense of identity. Poignant, humorous, and inspiring, this memoir offers a fresh perspective on the complexities of adoption and the boundless capacity of the human heart.

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