A Brand New Life (2009) - full transcript
Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is based on the experiences of the director, an ethnic Korean who was adopted by a French couple in the 1970s.
Jinhee!
Can l ty?
Just one drop, please?
Daddy?
Want me to sing you a song?
You'll never know...
how much l loved you.
You'll regret it one day
when time has passed.
A BRAND NEW LIFE
Hury!
1975, Near Seoul
What are you doing?
The bus is leaving!
Let's go buy the cake.
Did you choose?
Not yet.
Ask your dad
to choose.
Get the most delicious
Iooking one.
Get along well
with the other kids.
And do what adults
tell you to.
Always greet people nicely.
Daddy? Are you leaving?
No, l'm going in with you.
Welcome.
This way, please.
Jinhee's father is here.
Hello, Mr. Lee.
May we have a word, first?
Sure.
So you're Jinhee?
Lee Jinhee.
Greet him.
Hello.
Want to go for a tour
with the Sister?
Right this way.
Let's go.
Come inside!
It's study time!
Hey, how old are you?
Don't run!
Let's go, Jinhee.
Sookhee!
No pushing!
Hello?
She's new.
Yes, l heard.
Come in.
l'll introduce you.
Here...
What's your name?
How old are you?
She's a mute!
Never said a word, yet.
Are you a mute?
Sookhee!
Say hello to your friends.
l forgot...
What? l didn't hear you.
The cake...
The cake?
- Who is she?
- Don't know.
What cake?
- Me! Me!
-Wait!
The one who brought it
gets it first.
You didn't thank
our dear Jinhee, yet.
Thank you!
Here!
Yeshin! Get her a plate.
For you.
No!
Wait till eveyone
has a piece!
Don't eat it yet!
- Please!
- Wait!
Please!
Let's say grace, first.
Do you know how?
You don't know
how to say grace?
l know.
You say it, Miseong.
Our Father in Heaven,
thank you for the yummy cake!
Amen!
Let's eat!
Eat it.
What's this?
Where's ours?
Why don't we get any?
There's not enough.
The younger kids come first.
But Miseong got some!
- Then what's that?
- Forget it!
Sookhee,
acting up again, are you?
You sure?
He really said that?
l'm sure.
Then, your dad lied to you.
Ty this on.
My daddy's not a liar!
Ty it on
and see if it fits.
l'm not wearing that.
Daddy will come back.
You're just going to
keep wearing that?
lt'll get dim.
No!
l'm too tired
to argue with you.
Change, now! Hury!
We can see you.
There's a lot of bugs
in there.
Tying to run away?
It's no use.
Children!
It's time for dinner!
Come in and eat!
What are you doing there?
Don't pick on the new girl!
We're not!
We told her to come out.
Go in and eat.
Jinhee, come out from there.
lt's dinner time.
You have to eat.
Aren't you hungy?
Just leave her!
She'll come in, eventually!
l leR the cake in the kitchen.
She'll come when she's hungy.
We're going in, Jinhee.
Eat later.
Hold her on this end.
Be careful.
Not this. Not this one.
Nope, nope...
That's it!
One, mo, three, four,
five, six, seven...
lt's a guest!
lt didn't work.
There were no guests, today.
Yes, there was!
The new girl!
She's not a guest.
She came to live here.
She's one of us.
Thank you for the meal!
- Thank you for the meal!
- Sure.
Thank you for the meal!
- Thank you for the meal!
- Leave it there.
Eat more and finish it.
Why aren't you eating?
You know how precious
food is!
There are kids here
who grew up starving.
Don't be stubborn
and eat!
Why you...
l can't stand
food going to waste.
You clean that up.
You're staying in
till you do. Got it?
ls it good?
Want me to help you?
Rude wench.
Think this is your house?
That's enough!
Stop acting like a baby!
l want to call my daddy.
l don't know his phone number.
l'm not an orphan.
This is a place for kids
without parents.
Why do you think that?
Not eveyone here is an orphan.
Daddy said,
l'd go on a trip.
So he bought me clothes...
And new shoes, too!
Give them back!
l'm leaving!
Go where?
Where would you go?
Jinhee!
You'll get hurt! Get down!
Come down, now!
Sister!
Take the kids inside.
Yeshin!
Take the kids in.
- Let's go, kids.
- Sookhee! Get back here!
Don't go up!
Come down! Come down!
lt's dangerous, Sookhee!
Get down!
That's good. Come down.
There! It's open!
You can leave.
Let's go, Sister.
...eleven, melve, thirteen, fourteen,
- A beloved!
- So lucky!
- What's a beloved?
- You don't know?
Love!
Seongsoo might come tomorrow!
You must be so happy!
Stop it.
Let's go to bed, now.
Already?
lt's getting late.
Let's go.
lfyou tell anyone,
you're dead.
Hey, kids!
Have you seen Jinhee?
She didn't wash up with us.
She's washing her hair.
She's always late...
There's no time!
Didn't anyone tell her
what today is?
Go get her, quickly!
Wait!
Dress her up in this.
Wash it with this.
Laundy soap will damage it.
Here!
Wash up and get dressed.
Oh! Seongsoo!
Hello, kids!
Hello!
Hello.
- The card reading was right!
- Yeah!
l love my Lord.
l will always love my Savior.
Hosanna Hosanna,
descendant of David.
l will see my Savior...
...among my brothers.
l will see my Savior.
Around 3 o'clock Jesus cried,
''Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani.''
lt means, ''Father, Father...
Why have you forsaken me?''
Father?
Why have you forsaken me?
Jesus' cy on the cross...
...shows his great suffering.
Jesus' suffering...
...came out of His infinite love
for His Father.
lt is the height of
Jesus' human experience.
No one will take you
ifyou don't want to.
You know how many kids
wanna come in here?
Stop being stubborn!
You have to be good
to get adopted.
l'm not going an_here.
Daddy will come and get me.
Finally, you speak?
l thought you were a mute!
There. You look so prem
with a new haircut.
Look.
That's good. Go up there.
Go sit on the chair.
Cover your leR eye with that
and look here.
Never tried this?
Cover it like this
and look with your right eye.
You ty.
Good.
That's it.
What's this?
k.
And this?
Three.
Make a fist.
Really tight.
Please tell me
before you poke me.
Okay, l promise.
You said you'd tell me!
See? It's nothing.
But you promised!
Why didn't you
keep your promise?
Well done.
Now, color it as you like.
Then write down
evey color you use, okay?
Why?
You can see what color it is.
Yes, but l want to see
ifyou know the color names.
Keep coloring.
You finished grade mo
in elementay school.
Can you do multiplication?
Just answer
as you're coloring.
Can you do division?
l can even divide
three-digit numbers.
Wow! You're smart.
Do you know why
you came to the orphanage?
Don't answer
if you don't want to.
Keep coloring.
lt's cuz ofthe safety pin.
What do you mean?
One day, Daddy brought home
my new mom and a baby.
Granny was also there.
When they were all eating...
l was watching the baby
in the next room.
l wanted to hold the baby.
So l picked him up...
But he must've thought l was mean.
He cried non-stop.
Granny, step-mom, and Dad
all rushed over.
But there was blood
on the baby's leg.
He got pricked
by a safety pin.
But step-mom,
Granny, and Dad...
...said l pricked the baby.
They said the baby almost died
cuz of me.
You think you came here
cuz ofthat?
No, that's not it.
Your father...
...wants you to live
in a better home.
Smile!
lt's hurt.
What do we do?
lt'll die like this.
Why can't l tell anyone?
What?
That you're bleeding.
You should go to the hospital.
You silly!
l'm not sick.
That's my period.
Your period?
All women get it.
lt's to have babies.
You're having a baby?
No, silly!
You'll get it, too.
lt's normal.
lf it's normal,
why can't you tell anyone?
No one will adopt you
ifyou have your period.
So don't tell anyone!
lt's a secret.
l think it'll die.
l don't want to go.
l don't want to be a maid.
Why do you think that?
You're getting adopted.
You call this an adoption?
They're taking me
to be a maid.
To cook and clean...
They're taking me
to be their maid.
You can't live here, forever.
You should be thankful
that they're taking you.
Despite your age
and bad leg.
No! l'm not going!
Yeshin!
Jinhee!
Go on in!
Hello, friends!
How are you?
l'm Sally.
l love dancing.
Wanna dance with me?
l want to dance with mommy.
Where's mommy?
Behind you!
- Where's daddy?
- Behind you!
- Where?
- Behind you!
Goodbye, friends!
l have to go.
Back to America.
Know where that is?
Yes!
Where is it?
There!
Wanna go there, too?
- Yes!
- See you later.
We can't leave a mark.
ln America,
you can eat this, eveyday.
Good, isn't it?
Still... l'm not going.
But it's so good!
l'm not going.
We have to learn English, too.
l don't know who my father is.
Mom never told me
and leR me at my aunt's.
My aunt never told me
where my mom went.
She once took me
to a fortune teller.
She said l'd live well.
Live overseas.
That's my fate.
- Fate?
- My destiny.
l'm not going an_here.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne
My hometown
in the flowey hills...
With peach and apricot blossoms...
Take care, Miseong!
Like a palace
full of prem flowers
How l missplaying there...
Eat it.
You have to eat
to be strong.
lt's a letter...
A love letter.
- Hello!
- Hello!
Hello!
This is Mr. and Mrs. Spencer.
- Mr. Koo. The head ofthe orphanage.
- Nice to meet you.
Let's go inside.
Hey, kid!
Come here!
ls Yeshin inside?
No, she went out.
Out?
The Sisters sent her
on an errand.
She'll be back late.
Why?
Then can you give this to her?
What's this?
Don't look at it.
lt's for Yeshin, okay?
- Got it.
- Thanks.
Nahee, stand up.
lntroduce yourself.
Hello, l'm seven years...
Louder! Again.
l am Nahee. l'm seven.
Nahee seven.
Hello.
l'm Kookhee. l'm eleven.
Kookhee eleven.
My name is Lee Sookhee.
l'm eleven years old.
l plan to study vey hard...
Especially math.
My hobby is looking at
world maps.
l want to become a doctor,
and help sick people.
Hello! l'm Byongsook.
l'm 10 years old.
She asked for your name.
What's your name?
Jinhee.
How old are you?
What's going on?
What is it?
Your beloved!
Wake up!
Are you sick?
Do you have a fever?
l'm sory.
lt'll get better
ifwe keep it in our room.
lfwe get caught
we'll get in trouble.
We'll hide it well, then.
Where are you going?
Hey!
Where are you going?
Why are you still up?
Go to sleep!
Where were you all day?
Out so late without a word?
Where did you go?
What's got into you?
You don't come to breakfast.
You don't eat.
What's wrong?
Tell me!
Get changed and go to bed.
Hey, sis!
What do we do?
The bird's not moving.
What?
Heavenly Father.
The bird is dead.
Please let it go to heaven.
Amen!
Amen!
Yeshin!
Can you hear me?
Open the gate!
Forgive her, Lord!
The child didn't know...
One, mo, three,
four, five, six...
...seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven...
You shuffled it 12 times.
lt's gotta be 1 1 .
You're not 12 years old.
No, l shuffled it 1 1 times.
No, it was 12 times!
You saw it too, right?
No, it was 1 1 times!
Alcohol...
Noodles...
Beloved!
Come in.
Have a seat.
You too, Jinhee.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
wanted to see you, mo.
Do you like reading books?
Yes.
What's your favorite book?
The Man with a Wen.
What's it about?
An old man with a wen,
who gets another one
cuz he's greedy.
The moral is
not to be greedy.
Do you have
a favorite stoy, Jinhee?
You love books, Jinhee.
What's your favorite?
Go on.
Why didn't you say anything?
They want to see us
cuz they like us.
You and me.
That's it!
We can go together!
Right?
l'm not going an_here.
You go.
We can go together.
lf l go,
you'll come too, right?
Can we go together?
Let's ask them
to take us both!
lfthey do,
you'll come, right?
l'm vey sory.
Never...
...will l commit
such a sin.
Never...
Will l take for granted...
The precious life...
That God gave me.
From now on...
l will...
Not sin...
like that.
Today...
before you...
l pledge.
What?
Did you forget something?
No.
Ma'am...
Yeshin's gone.
Thank you.
What does that mean?
Let's meet again, tomorrow.
You're going, again?
Yes, to study English, eveyday.
Eveyday?
Yes.
lfthey say yes,
you'll come, right?
l'll tell them tomorrow
that we have to go together.
You'll come, right?
Promise?
No! ''Good morning''.
Hello.
Like this...
Like this with your teeth.
No!
lt's too difficult.
Just ty it!
What are you doing
out here?
l'm waiting for Sookhee.
She's not coming back, tonight.
Really? Why?
She's sleeping at
her adoptive parents' home.
Why?
To eat, talk, and get to know
each other better.
So don't wait up
and go inside.
l'm sory.
l'm really sory.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne
Take care, Sookhee.
ln the flowey hills...
With peach and apricot blossoms
Like a palace
full of prem flowers
How l miss playing there
l told you,
l don't know his number.
But l know our address.
You can find him with that.
What's your address?
33-5 Daga-dong, Jeonju city.
Are you sure?
l'm sure.
Please go find him.
l have to meet, my daddy!
So many presents!
Let's open them!
- Where are they from?
- Far away.
Be thankful for the giRs!
Yes!
- What's this?
- l want it!
This is so prem.
Aren't you opening one?
Open it.
Go on.
No!
Stop it!
What are you doing!
Come here!
Put your shoes on!
Vent out your anger
with this.
Hit it!
Harder! That's too weak!
Jinhee!
The director wants to see you.
Go on.
l met the rice store owner
near your house.
She said your family
used to live there.
Now, there are other people
living there.
She didn't know
where they moved to.
Forget the past, Jinhee.
Your father's not
coming back, ever.
You'll find a new family,
understand?
...five, six, seven
eight, nine, ten, eleven...
Ah! One, mo...
Shuffle it
to your age number.
No, you have to add
your birth date.
No, it's just to your age!
Jinhee! Jinhee!
Remember how to tell
your fortune with this?
Give me that!
They're all lies!
Lies!
- Hello!
- Hury up!
What's taking you so long?
The priest will be upset.
ls Jinhee still sleeping?
Wake up!
lt's Sunday.
We have to go to mass.
l'm sick.
Where?
ls it bad?
Then, let's go to the doctor.
No, it's not that bad.
Then?
l'll just rest a little more.
Okay. Then tell me
ifyou feel worse.
Okay.
What do you think?
Aren't they nice?
They're too old.
But they're vey nice.
They'll treat you well.
You didn't eat much,
but you grew.
While l fix this to your size,
will you sing me a song?
Sit down.
Go ahead, sing!
You'll never know
How much l loved you
You'll regret it one day
When time has passed
When you are sad...
Or when you're lonely...
Call my name
l'll be there
To erase away your sadness,
l'll wash it away
With the hot tears
That flow from my eyes...
Let's take a picture!
Positions, eveyone!
Stand together!
Front row has to sit!
This way, kids!
Sit down!
First row!
Look over here!
Ready? Smile!
Look at the camera!
One, mo!
Three!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne
My hometown
in the flowey hills...
With peach and apricot blossoms...
Like a palace
full of prem flowers
Take care, Jinhee.
How l miss playing there
Village of flowers and birds,
my hometown...
The south winds
flow over the grass
The willows by the river
dance about...
This girl's going to Paris?
Yes, they'll accompany her.
Her parents will meet her there.
Any luggage?
Not for her.
These folks have one.
On the scale, please.
Okay.
Can l ty?
Just one drop, please?
Daddy?
Want me to sing you a song?
You'll never know...
how much l loved you.
You'll regret it one day
when time has passed.
A BRAND NEW LIFE
Hury!
1975, Near Seoul
What are you doing?
The bus is leaving!
Let's go buy the cake.
Did you choose?
Not yet.
Ask your dad
to choose.
Get the most delicious
Iooking one.
Get along well
with the other kids.
And do what adults
tell you to.
Always greet people nicely.
Daddy? Are you leaving?
No, l'm going in with you.
Welcome.
This way, please.
Jinhee's father is here.
Hello, Mr. Lee.
May we have a word, first?
Sure.
So you're Jinhee?
Lee Jinhee.
Greet him.
Hello.
Want to go for a tour
with the Sister?
Right this way.
Let's go.
Come inside!
It's study time!
Hey, how old are you?
Don't run!
Let's go, Jinhee.
Sookhee!
No pushing!
Hello?
She's new.
Yes, l heard.
Come in.
l'll introduce you.
Here...
What's your name?
How old are you?
She's a mute!
Never said a word, yet.
Are you a mute?
Sookhee!
Say hello to your friends.
l forgot...
What? l didn't hear you.
The cake...
The cake?
- Who is she?
- Don't know.
What cake?
- Me! Me!
-Wait!
The one who brought it
gets it first.
You didn't thank
our dear Jinhee, yet.
Thank you!
Here!
Yeshin! Get her a plate.
For you.
No!
Wait till eveyone
has a piece!
Don't eat it yet!
- Please!
- Wait!
Please!
Let's say grace, first.
Do you know how?
You don't know
how to say grace?
l know.
You say it, Miseong.
Our Father in Heaven,
thank you for the yummy cake!
Amen!
Let's eat!
Eat it.
What's this?
Where's ours?
Why don't we get any?
There's not enough.
The younger kids come first.
But Miseong got some!
- Then what's that?
- Forget it!
Sookhee,
acting up again, are you?
You sure?
He really said that?
l'm sure.
Then, your dad lied to you.
Ty this on.
My daddy's not a liar!
Ty it on
and see if it fits.
l'm not wearing that.
Daddy will come back.
You're just going to
keep wearing that?
lt'll get dim.
No!
l'm too tired
to argue with you.
Change, now! Hury!
We can see you.
There's a lot of bugs
in there.
Tying to run away?
It's no use.
Children!
It's time for dinner!
Come in and eat!
What are you doing there?
Don't pick on the new girl!
We're not!
We told her to come out.
Go in and eat.
Jinhee, come out from there.
lt's dinner time.
You have to eat.
Aren't you hungy?
Just leave her!
She'll come in, eventually!
l leR the cake in the kitchen.
She'll come when she's hungy.
We're going in, Jinhee.
Eat later.
Hold her on this end.
Be careful.
Not this. Not this one.
Nope, nope...
That's it!
One, mo, three, four,
five, six, seven...
lt's a guest!
lt didn't work.
There were no guests, today.
Yes, there was!
The new girl!
She's not a guest.
She came to live here.
She's one of us.
Thank you for the meal!
- Thank you for the meal!
- Sure.
Thank you for the meal!
- Thank you for the meal!
- Leave it there.
Eat more and finish it.
Why aren't you eating?
You know how precious
food is!
There are kids here
who grew up starving.
Don't be stubborn
and eat!
Why you...
l can't stand
food going to waste.
You clean that up.
You're staying in
till you do. Got it?
ls it good?
Want me to help you?
Rude wench.
Think this is your house?
That's enough!
Stop acting like a baby!
l want to call my daddy.
l don't know his phone number.
l'm not an orphan.
This is a place for kids
without parents.
Why do you think that?
Not eveyone here is an orphan.
Daddy said,
l'd go on a trip.
So he bought me clothes...
And new shoes, too!
Give them back!
l'm leaving!
Go where?
Where would you go?
Jinhee!
You'll get hurt! Get down!
Come down, now!
Sister!
Take the kids inside.
Yeshin!
Take the kids in.
- Let's go, kids.
- Sookhee! Get back here!
Don't go up!
Come down! Come down!
lt's dangerous, Sookhee!
Get down!
That's good. Come down.
There! It's open!
You can leave.
Let's go, Sister.
...eleven, melve, thirteen, fourteen,
- A beloved!
- So lucky!
- What's a beloved?
- You don't know?
Love!
Seongsoo might come tomorrow!
You must be so happy!
Stop it.
Let's go to bed, now.
Already?
lt's getting late.
Let's go.
lfyou tell anyone,
you're dead.
Hey, kids!
Have you seen Jinhee?
She didn't wash up with us.
She's washing her hair.
She's always late...
There's no time!
Didn't anyone tell her
what today is?
Go get her, quickly!
Wait!
Dress her up in this.
Wash it with this.
Laundy soap will damage it.
Here!
Wash up and get dressed.
Oh! Seongsoo!
Hello, kids!
Hello!
Hello.
- The card reading was right!
- Yeah!
l love my Lord.
l will always love my Savior.
Hosanna Hosanna,
descendant of David.
l will see my Savior...
...among my brothers.
l will see my Savior.
Around 3 o'clock Jesus cried,
''Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani.''
lt means, ''Father, Father...
Why have you forsaken me?''
Father?
Why have you forsaken me?
Jesus' cy on the cross...
...shows his great suffering.
Jesus' suffering...
...came out of His infinite love
for His Father.
lt is the height of
Jesus' human experience.
No one will take you
ifyou don't want to.
You know how many kids
wanna come in here?
Stop being stubborn!
You have to be good
to get adopted.
l'm not going an_here.
Daddy will come and get me.
Finally, you speak?
l thought you were a mute!
There. You look so prem
with a new haircut.
Look.
That's good. Go up there.
Go sit on the chair.
Cover your leR eye with that
and look here.
Never tried this?
Cover it like this
and look with your right eye.
You ty.
Good.
That's it.
What's this?
k.
And this?
Three.
Make a fist.
Really tight.
Please tell me
before you poke me.
Okay, l promise.
You said you'd tell me!
See? It's nothing.
But you promised!
Why didn't you
keep your promise?
Well done.
Now, color it as you like.
Then write down
evey color you use, okay?
Why?
You can see what color it is.
Yes, but l want to see
ifyou know the color names.
Keep coloring.
You finished grade mo
in elementay school.
Can you do multiplication?
Just answer
as you're coloring.
Can you do division?
l can even divide
three-digit numbers.
Wow! You're smart.
Do you know why
you came to the orphanage?
Don't answer
if you don't want to.
Keep coloring.
lt's cuz ofthe safety pin.
What do you mean?
One day, Daddy brought home
my new mom and a baby.
Granny was also there.
When they were all eating...
l was watching the baby
in the next room.
l wanted to hold the baby.
So l picked him up...
But he must've thought l was mean.
He cried non-stop.
Granny, step-mom, and Dad
all rushed over.
But there was blood
on the baby's leg.
He got pricked
by a safety pin.
But step-mom,
Granny, and Dad...
...said l pricked the baby.
They said the baby almost died
cuz of me.
You think you came here
cuz ofthat?
No, that's not it.
Your father...
...wants you to live
in a better home.
Smile!
lt's hurt.
What do we do?
lt'll die like this.
Why can't l tell anyone?
What?
That you're bleeding.
You should go to the hospital.
You silly!
l'm not sick.
That's my period.
Your period?
All women get it.
lt's to have babies.
You're having a baby?
No, silly!
You'll get it, too.
lt's normal.
lf it's normal,
why can't you tell anyone?
No one will adopt you
ifyou have your period.
So don't tell anyone!
lt's a secret.
l think it'll die.
l don't want to go.
l don't want to be a maid.
Why do you think that?
You're getting adopted.
You call this an adoption?
They're taking me
to be a maid.
To cook and clean...
They're taking me
to be their maid.
You can't live here, forever.
You should be thankful
that they're taking you.
Despite your age
and bad leg.
No! l'm not going!
Yeshin!
Jinhee!
Go on in!
Hello, friends!
How are you?
l'm Sally.
l love dancing.
Wanna dance with me?
l want to dance with mommy.
Where's mommy?
Behind you!
- Where's daddy?
- Behind you!
- Where?
- Behind you!
Goodbye, friends!
l have to go.
Back to America.
Know where that is?
Yes!
Where is it?
There!
Wanna go there, too?
- Yes!
- See you later.
We can't leave a mark.
ln America,
you can eat this, eveyday.
Good, isn't it?
Still... l'm not going.
But it's so good!
l'm not going.
We have to learn English, too.
l don't know who my father is.
Mom never told me
and leR me at my aunt's.
My aunt never told me
where my mom went.
She once took me
to a fortune teller.
She said l'd live well.
Live overseas.
That's my fate.
- Fate?
- My destiny.
l'm not going an_here.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne
My hometown
in the flowey hills...
With peach and apricot blossoms...
Take care, Miseong!
Like a palace
full of prem flowers
How l missplaying there...
Eat it.
You have to eat
to be strong.
lt's a letter...
A love letter.
- Hello!
- Hello!
Hello!
This is Mr. and Mrs. Spencer.
- Mr. Koo. The head ofthe orphanage.
- Nice to meet you.
Let's go inside.
Hey, kid!
Come here!
ls Yeshin inside?
No, she went out.
Out?
The Sisters sent her
on an errand.
She'll be back late.
Why?
Then can you give this to her?
What's this?
Don't look at it.
lt's for Yeshin, okay?
- Got it.
- Thanks.
Nahee, stand up.
lntroduce yourself.
Hello, l'm seven years...
Louder! Again.
l am Nahee. l'm seven.
Nahee seven.
Hello.
l'm Kookhee. l'm eleven.
Kookhee eleven.
My name is Lee Sookhee.
l'm eleven years old.
l plan to study vey hard...
Especially math.
My hobby is looking at
world maps.
l want to become a doctor,
and help sick people.
Hello! l'm Byongsook.
l'm 10 years old.
She asked for your name.
What's your name?
Jinhee.
How old are you?
What's going on?
What is it?
Your beloved!
Wake up!
Are you sick?
Do you have a fever?
l'm sory.
lt'll get better
ifwe keep it in our room.
lfwe get caught
we'll get in trouble.
We'll hide it well, then.
Where are you going?
Hey!
Where are you going?
Why are you still up?
Go to sleep!
Where were you all day?
Out so late without a word?
Where did you go?
What's got into you?
You don't come to breakfast.
You don't eat.
What's wrong?
Tell me!
Get changed and go to bed.
Hey, sis!
What do we do?
The bird's not moving.
What?
Heavenly Father.
The bird is dead.
Please let it go to heaven.
Amen!
Amen!
Yeshin!
Can you hear me?
Open the gate!
Forgive her, Lord!
The child didn't know...
One, mo, three,
four, five, six...
...seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven...
You shuffled it 12 times.
lt's gotta be 1 1 .
You're not 12 years old.
No, l shuffled it 1 1 times.
No, it was 12 times!
You saw it too, right?
No, it was 1 1 times!
Alcohol...
Noodles...
Beloved!
Come in.
Have a seat.
You too, Jinhee.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
wanted to see you, mo.
Do you like reading books?
Yes.
What's your favorite book?
The Man with a Wen.
What's it about?
An old man with a wen,
who gets another one
cuz he's greedy.
The moral is
not to be greedy.
Do you have
a favorite stoy, Jinhee?
You love books, Jinhee.
What's your favorite?
Go on.
Why didn't you say anything?
They want to see us
cuz they like us.
You and me.
That's it!
We can go together!
Right?
l'm not going an_here.
You go.
We can go together.
lf l go,
you'll come too, right?
Can we go together?
Let's ask them
to take us both!
lfthey do,
you'll come, right?
l'm vey sory.
Never...
...will l commit
such a sin.
Never...
Will l take for granted...
The precious life...
That God gave me.
From now on...
l will...
Not sin...
like that.
Today...
before you...
l pledge.
What?
Did you forget something?
No.
Ma'am...
Yeshin's gone.
Thank you.
What does that mean?
Let's meet again, tomorrow.
You're going, again?
Yes, to study English, eveyday.
Eveyday?
Yes.
lfthey say yes,
you'll come, right?
l'll tell them tomorrow
that we have to go together.
You'll come, right?
Promise?
No! ''Good morning''.
Hello.
Like this...
Like this with your teeth.
No!
lt's too difficult.
Just ty it!
What are you doing
out here?
l'm waiting for Sookhee.
She's not coming back, tonight.
Really? Why?
She's sleeping at
her adoptive parents' home.
Why?
To eat, talk, and get to know
each other better.
So don't wait up
and go inside.
l'm sory.
l'm really sory.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne
Take care, Sookhee.
ln the flowey hills...
With peach and apricot blossoms
Like a palace
full of prem flowers
How l miss playing there
l told you,
l don't know his number.
But l know our address.
You can find him with that.
What's your address?
33-5 Daga-dong, Jeonju city.
Are you sure?
l'm sure.
Please go find him.
l have to meet, my daddy!
So many presents!
Let's open them!
- Where are they from?
- Far away.
Be thankful for the giRs!
Yes!
- What's this?
- l want it!
This is so prem.
Aren't you opening one?
Open it.
Go on.
No!
Stop it!
What are you doing!
Come here!
Put your shoes on!
Vent out your anger
with this.
Hit it!
Harder! That's too weak!
Jinhee!
The director wants to see you.
Go on.
l met the rice store owner
near your house.
She said your family
used to live there.
Now, there are other people
living there.
She didn't know
where they moved to.
Forget the past, Jinhee.
Your father's not
coming back, ever.
You'll find a new family,
understand?
...five, six, seven
eight, nine, ten, eleven...
Ah! One, mo...
Shuffle it
to your age number.
No, you have to add
your birth date.
No, it's just to your age!
Jinhee! Jinhee!
Remember how to tell
your fortune with this?
Give me that!
They're all lies!
Lies!
- Hello!
- Hury up!
What's taking you so long?
The priest will be upset.
ls Jinhee still sleeping?
Wake up!
lt's Sunday.
We have to go to mass.
l'm sick.
Where?
ls it bad?
Then, let's go to the doctor.
No, it's not that bad.
Then?
l'll just rest a little more.
Okay. Then tell me
ifyou feel worse.
Okay.
What do you think?
Aren't they nice?
They're too old.
But they're vey nice.
They'll treat you well.
You didn't eat much,
but you grew.
While l fix this to your size,
will you sing me a song?
Sit down.
Go ahead, sing!
You'll never know
How much l loved you
You'll regret it one day
When time has passed
When you are sad...
Or when you're lonely...
Call my name
l'll be there
To erase away your sadness,
l'll wash it away
With the hot tears
That flow from my eyes...
Let's take a picture!
Positions, eveyone!
Stand together!
Front row has to sit!
This way, kids!
Sit down!
First row!
Look over here!
Ready? Smile!
Look at the camera!
One, mo!
Three!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne
My hometown
in the flowey hills...
With peach and apricot blossoms...
Like a palace
full of prem flowers
Take care, Jinhee.
How l miss playing there
Village of flowers and birds,
my hometown...
The south winds
flow over the grass
The willows by the river
dance about...
This girl's going to Paris?
Yes, they'll accompany her.
Her parents will meet her there.
Any luggage?
Not for her.
These folks have one.
On the scale, please.
Okay.