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Davy Chou (Khmer: ដេវី ជូ; born 13 August 1983) is a Cambodian-French filmmaker. He has written, directed and produced several films. Chou made his feature length debut with Diamond Island (2016) and made his follow-up with the film Return to Seoul (2022).
May 20, 2022 · Un Certain Regard title “ Return to Seoul ” from French-Cambodian director Davy Chou caused an early stir by being one of the first Official Selection titles from this year’s Cannes to secure...
Davy Chou was born on 13 August 1983 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a producer and director, known for Diamond Island (2016), Return to Seoul (2022) and Golden Slumbers (2011).
Davy Chou, Return to Seoul. Freddie (Park Ji-min) doesn’t get what she wants, but it’s not quite clear what it is she does want. She’s in Seoul for the first time as an adult, a child of transnational adoption, someone who’s culturally French and trying to find something that feels indescribably correct about her sense of self, place, and time.
Dec 6, 2022 · Davy Chou wrote and directed the film, basing the story on a friend’s life trajectory and drawing from his own experience as the son of Cambodian...
Jan 2, 2023 · “Return to Seoul” filmmaker Davy Chou doesn’t like to give up on his instincts. Casting had proved difficult for the role of Freddie, a young Frenchwoman of Korean origin, thrown into a turmoil...
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Jul 25, 2022 · Cambodian-French writer-director Davy Chou’s third full-length film, Return to Seoul, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, focuses on a French Korean adoptee during her recurring trips to South Korea over the span of eight years, from the age of 25 to 33.
Mar 8, 2023 · Written and directed by Davy Chou, a Cambodian French director, the movie starts off like a sentimental fish-out-of-water story about a young woman's search for...
Mar 13, 2023 · Born in 1983 and based in Paris and Phnom Penh, Davy Chou is a French Cambodian director and producer. He cofounded the French production company Vycky Films and the Cambodian production company Anti-Archive.
Dec 7, 2022 · Davy Chou, the film’s Cambodian-French writer-director, based the story on the experiences of a friend. At first, “she would never mention Korea, and I never mentioned Cambodia,” he...
