by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim
editor@charactermedia.com
Seoul Searching will be premiering much sooner than we thought. The Sundance Institute announced its premieres lineup for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival yesterday, and the indie film was among those listed.
Slated for a 2015 release, Seoul Searching is a romantic teen comedy set in the 1980s. The story is loosely based on director Benson Lee’s experiences at a government summer camp in 1986, which he described as one of the “craziest summers in his life.”
In Seoul Searching, a group of Korean teens are sent to a similar camp in Seoul by their parents to learn what it means to be Korean — a side to them they know little about. The story focuses on three high school boys from the U.S., Mexico and Germany and the three girls they meet. In the process of connecting with one another, they come to experience the most important summer of their lives.
The dynamic and diverse cast stars Justin Chon, Jessika Van, Cha In-pyo, Teo Yoo, Esteban Ahn, Kang Byul, Rosalina Leigh, Sue Son, Crystal Kay, Heejun Han, Uatchet Juch and Nekhebet Juch.
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The Sundance Film Festival runs Jan. 22-Feb. 1.
