My Name Is Loh Kiwan

Directed by Kim Hee-jin-V (김희진)

Written by Kim Hee-jin-V (김희진)

Release date in South Korea: 2024/03/01

Adapted from a novel.
Synopsis
"My Name is Loh Kiwan" follows the journey of North Korean defector Kiwan as he seeks refugee status in Belgium and meets Marie, who has no desire to live. Song Joong-ki, a compelling actor with powerful character portrayals, steps into the role of Loh Kiwan, a desperate man who ends up in the unfamiliar European country of Belgium with nothing to his name except for the hope of obtaining refugee status. Choi Sung-eun ("The Sound of Magic", "Start-Up", "Gentleman") plays Marie, a Belgian national and a former Korean shooting competitor. "My Name is Loh Kiwan" tells a touching story of two people pushed to the edge, a man clinging to life and a woman with no reason to live. Yet, the two are inexplicably drawn to each other and find themselves giving each other a new sense of living. "My Name is Loh Kiwan" follows the fervent journey of a man seeking to reclaim his place in life so that he can live by his own name. (Netflix)