''Susanne Brink's Arirang'' () is a 1991
South Korean/
Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
film based upon the life and experiences of Susanne Brink, an adult
Korean adoptee
The international adoption of South Korean children was at first started as a result of a large number of orphaned mixed children from the Korean War after 1953, but later included orphaned Korean children. Religious organizations in the United S ...
from Sweden who suffered abuse and racism in her adoptive home and country. The real Susanne Brink died of cancer in January 2009 at the age of 45; she was interred in her hometown of
Norrköping.
Cast
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Choi Jin-sil
Choi Jin-Sil (December 24, 1968 – October 2, 2008) was a South Korean actress. She was considered one of the best actresses in South Korea, nicknamed "The Nation's Actress". She played leading roles in 18 films and 20 television dramas, appea ...
... Susanne
* Åsa Älmeby ... Nurse
* Kim Yun-kyeong
* Malin Berghagen ... Ulrika
* Pierre Boutros ... Christer
* Lars Green ... Rune
* Pia Green ... Inger
* Jeon Suk
* Helena Lindblom
* Park Yong-soo
* Niclas Wahlgren ... Willy
* Mona Seilitz....Birgitta
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Kim Ji-young
References
* Hübinette, Tobias.
The Nation is a Woman: The Korean Nation Embodied as an Overseas Adopted Korean Woman in Chang Kil-su's ''Susanne Brink's Arirang''. ''Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context'', Issue 11, August 2005. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
* Hübinette, Tobias. "The suffering and shaming of Korea".
Comforting an Orphaned Nation', pp. 126–143. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
* Hübinette, Tobias. "Susanne Brink's Arirang".
The adopted Koreans of Sweden and the Korean adoption issue', pp. 9–11. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
* Hübinette, Tobias. "Representing Adopted Korean Women in Korean Feature Films".
Nationalism, Subalternity, and the Adopted Koreans', pp. 118–119. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
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1991 films
1990s Korean-language films
South Korean drama films
1990s Swedish-language films
Films about adoption
1991 multilingual films
Swedish multilingual films
South Korean multilingual films
Swedish drama films
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