A Korean in Paris

A Korean in Paris

2016 · 86 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama

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

Directed by Jeon Soo-il · Written by Agnès Feuvre

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