Movie: A Korean in Paris

Top 4 Billed Cast

Cho Jae-hyun
조재현

Sang Ho

Jeong Ji-in
정지인

Yeon-Wha

Mi Kwan Lock
Mi Kwan Lock

Chang

David Decraene
David Decraene

Homeless in the french metro

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    Korean newlyweds are on their honeymoon in Paris. Strolling in the Pigalle area, the young bride sees in a red dress in a store window and she enters the shop. Her husband goes to buy cigarettes while he waits for her. When the man comes back his wife has disappeared. Not speaking a word of French he desperately searches for her. A search that will turn into a free fall into a world ruled by illegality, prostitution, drugs, a universe with its own codes and punishments

  • Release Date

    2016-01-09

  • Average

    5.3

  • Rating:

    2.6 starts
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    한국어/조선말
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