Davy Chou

Directing

Davy Chou

Born August 13, 1983 · Fontenay-aux-Roses, France (age 43)

Davy Chou was born on August 13, 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).

Known For

Return to SeoulReturn to Seoul · 2022
Return to Seoul
★ 6.22022
MovieDrama
After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.
White BuildingWhite Building · 2021
White Building
★ 6.22021
MovieDrama
Samnang, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.
YesYes · 2025
Yes
★ 6.32025
MovieDramaComedy
In the days following October 7, Y., a jazz musician, and his wife Yasmin, a dancer, resolve to say yes to everything. Y. and Yasmin sell their bodies and souls to the highest bidder, surrendering themselves and their art to Israel’s social, political and military elite. Soon, Y. is entrusted with a mission of the utmost importance: to compose the music for a rousing, ruthless new national anthem.
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the JungleOnoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle · 2021
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
★ 7.12021
MovieDramaAdventure
Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.
Diamond IslandDiamond Island · 2016
Diamond Island
★ 7.12016
MovieDrama
Bora, an 18-year-old, leaves his village to work on the construction sites of Diamond Island, a project for an ultra-modern paradise for the rich and a symbol of tomorrow’s Cambodia. He befriends his fellow workers and finds his elder brother, the charismatic Solei, who went missing five years earlier. Solei introduces him into an exciting world, that of an urban and wealthy youth, its girls, nights and illusions.
California DreamingCalifornia Dreaming · 2019
California Dreaming
★ 5.02019
MovieDrama
Two women of different backgrounds encounter one another at an oceanfront resort. They then discover a hidden bond that allows them to escape from their realities.
Dream LandDream Land · 2015
Dream Land
★ 10.02015
MovieRomanceDrama
Lida, a careerdriven woman in her late 20s in the developing metropolis of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sells modern and upscale real estate developments to the growing middle and upper class in contemporary Cambodia. Lida may be thriving as a top real estate agent, but in her personal life , her relationship with her photographer boyfriend is deteriorating. Unable to escape the trauma and prison of her interior monologue, she travels to the quiet beach town of Kep, Cambodia, with her close companions. While the growth and modernization of the city promote an urban and cultural erasure, Kep reveals treasures from Cambodia’s heritage. It is there that Lida discovers that the specters from the past haunt in sublime and beautiful ways.
Cambodia 2099Cambodia 2099 · 2014
Cambodia 2099
★ 6.02014
MovieDrama
Phnom Penh, Cambodia. On Diamond Island, the country's pinnacle of modernity, two friends tell each other about the dreams they had the night before.

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Dream LandDream Land · 2015
Dream Land
★ 10.02015
MovieRomanceDrama
Lida, a careerdriven woman in her late 20s in the developing metropolis of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sells modern and upscale real estate developments to the growing middle and upper class in contemporary Cambodia. Lida may be thriving as a top real estate agent, but in her personal life , her relationship with her photographer boyfriend is deteriorating. Unable to escape the trauma and prison of her interior monologue, she travels to the quiet beach town of Kep, Cambodia, with her close companions. While the growth and modernization of the city promote an urban and cultural erasure, Kep reveals treasures from Cambodia’s heritage. It is there that Lida discovers that the specters from the past haunt in sublime and beautiful ways.

Associate Producer