THE QUIET MIGRATION

By Malene Choi

Official Selection at Berlin International Film Festival 2023

Winner of the FIPRESCI Best Feature Award

FACTS

Title: THE QUIET MIGRATION

Original title: STILLE LIV

Director: Malene Choi

Cast: Cornelius Won Riedel-Clausen, Bjarne Henriksen, Bodil Jørgensen

Genre: Drama

Duration: 103 min

Language: Danish

Country of origin: Denmark

Scriptwriter: Malene Choi & Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen

Cinematographer: Louise McLaughlin

Editor: Sofie Steenberger & Malene Choi

Production Company: Manna Film ApS

Producers: Maria Møller Kjeldgaard

Production year: 2023

Local release: 13-04-2023

Film status: Completed

Carl, 19, lives a quiet life in the Danish countryside with his adoptive parents, who expect him to take over the family farm one day, continuing their traditions. But Carl begins to feel the pull of two worlds – “home” plus his native homeland, South Korea – and the day is fast approaching when he will have to choose.