CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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Way Back Home posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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MOVIE2013 2h 11m KOR

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Jeong Yoon is a caring wife and mother and a sensitive woman who finds herself plunged into a legal ordeal thousands of miles from home. After years of planning, she and her husband Jong Bae open an auto body repair shop, only to see everything they've worked for stripped away when a loan Jong Bae had guaranteed defaults. Facing financial despondency, the couple gets into a vicious fight about money, sending Jeong Yeon away, leaving only a cryptic note saying she'll be back in a few days. When she turns up looking nervous at Orly Airport in Paris with over 30 kilograms of cocaine in her luggage, it is the beginning of a globe-spanning nightmare that began with an old friend and a tempting proposition.

02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Jeon Do-yeon

Jeon Do-yeon

Song Jung Yun

Go Soo

Go Soo

Kim Jong Bae

Kang Ji-woo

Kang Ji-woo

Hye-Rin

Choi Min-chul

Choi Min-chul

Seo Moon-Do

Choi Gwi-hwa

Choi Gwi-hwa

Detective from Seoul Prosecutor's Office

Corinne Masiero

Hellboy

Joanna Kulig

Joanna Kulig

Yalka