Ounie Lecomte Contents 1 User Rating 2 Profile 3 Director 4 Screenwriter 5 Comments User Rating Current user rating: 90/100 (18 votes) You need to enable JavaScript to vote Profile Name: Ounie Lecomte Hangul: 우니 르콩트 Birthdate: 1966 Birthplace: South Korea Director A Brand New Life | Yeohaengja (2009) Screenwriter A Brand New Life | Yeohaengja (2009) Comments Leave a Comment Name (required) Mail (required but will not be published) WebsiteComments Ginny (Jin Nan Hee) Mar 22 2022 9:25 am Hi, I saw this movie and I cried so much because the experience you went through was so much like what I went through. I was also adopted from South Korea as an older adoptee. I lived in an all girl Catholic orphanage since I was a baby. When I was 10, I finally got chosen to be adopted. So many people have told me that I should write a book about my experience. I guess I'm afraid of all my emotions resurfacing if I did write a book, so I have not attempted to do it yet. I'm so glad you shared your story and to know that I was not alone with all the emotions and trauma of our childhood. Ginny "Jin Nan Hee" Vijay Gupta Nov 15 2019 4:37 am It is a very moving movie, really well done. Ms. Lecomte should do a sequel - her life in France. Cari Jan 30 2017 2:52 am I cried through the entire movie "A Brand New Life". I was never able to have children so this hit me particularly hard. I wanted to reach through the screen and hug the little girl. No one should ever have to experience that kind of pain. Thank you for making such a beautiful movie. Kathleen Clowr May 13 2016 8:24 pm Loved this amazing story...the children were very interesting to watch...1975..in Korea..and I believe its the real life story of Ounie too. Shar Jan 04 2016 11:43 am Hello Ms. Lecomte, Thank you for sharing "A Brand New Life". I cried several times during the movie. The young actress who portrayed you did a beautiful job expressing the innocent, sad and frustrated you. For me it provided insight into the feelings of hopelessness that some children might have living in foster care and facilities that offer children for adoption. Best wishes! B Jun 30 2014 11:37 pm Miss Lecomte, You need to make another film - possibly the Paris years.. from age nine to High School.. I have seen thousands of films and never one so powerful and real as this. I wish I could go back in time to the me that I was before I saw your film... and then watch it again for the first time and feel myself changing forever; for the better. Thank you Ounie Rick Oct 05 2013 8:42 pm Like everyone else I just finished viewing your movie (on Hulu) and just had to google you, and thus found this website. What an achingly beautiful movie. Obviously a movie that needed to be made. Thank god there are outlets like Hulu that enable people to see movies like this. Mike Metott May 13 2013 1:42 am Just wanted to say I loved your movie. That little girl is an awesome actress. We adopted our daughter Miah from China and looking forward to watching the movie again with her. Thank you, and GOD bless Mike Metott May 13 2013 1:37 am Just wanted to say I loved your film, that little girl is an awesome actress. We adopted our daughter Miah from China and can not wait to watch the story with her. GOD bless Edwin Mar 24 2013 10:22 am Masterpiece, loved it very much, thank you Ounie!! H Suh Mar 09 2013 2:51 am Absolutely beautiful film. One of the best movies I have ever seen. Imannullah Cakradirana Nov 23 2012 2:59 am Bravooo I moved by this film, just finished watch it. I hope there will be a re-run. Coz I was watch it from the middle. Then because of curiosity I google Ounie Lecomte and found this. Wish you a happy brand new life :) John M. Davis Oct 28 2012 6:04 pm All I can say about this movie is BRAVO! What an emotionally draining masterpiece. I guess it's true what they say. One cannot outdo real life. I felt this little girls pain and heartache. I cried like a baby, even though I am a grown man. I would like to meet Ounie Leconte and give her a big hug! :-) Thank you so much Ounie, for this movie. You have had quite an effect on me and I'm sure on so many others. I'm happy that you reconnected with your family and I hope it was a happy reunion. Your strength and resilience is so moving. Marjolein Sep 23 2012 9:20 am Just watched your film "A brand new life" and felt deeply moved. It is so hard to understand why it happened. Not comprehensable at all for a little girl at all. I am happy for you to read that you found your family later on. Has there been an explanation at all from your father?? Just wish you all the best with everything you do. Lawrence Riley Apr 22 2012 11:28 am I have just watched your film "A Brand New Life",so I googled your name. I enjoyed the film so much,thank you for sharing your childhood through the medium of film. What I would like to tell you I cannot. Once again thank you. Rajib Mohajan Dec 10 2011 1:25 pm Salute to Ounie Lecomte! When I was watching I cried several time. I have not any single word how I felt! I only want to say thanks to director & writer Ounie Lecomte. You did great! I am writing you from Bangladesh. And I am 24 years old. I am also a filmmaker. Trying to make film. And this film inspired me a lot to make film. Think, how much I am excited after watching your movie. I just finished watching. Wishing to god all of these kids, who bringing a brand new life. Steven Lindbergh Jun 07 2011 7:04 am Every year I watch the movies that are nominated for the Academy Awards hoping to find that gem that will endure in my heart with the warmth and tenderness, the genuine beauty and grace, the grandness of truth and the humility of reality that a perfect sunrise has; a sunrise that is also perfect because it matches all of these characteristics when it sets, and yet it never sets to darkness only to the light of a dream. Every year I watch for that kind of dream and so seldom see a movie like that made. This is such a movie. The question is why? Why was this movie not recognized for its brilliance, its absolute necessity of purpose which is to hold the audience in the maw of its poetry and to craft the poetry into the audiences psyche so utterly that it never leaves? This is an unforgettable movie of that quality. When will Hollywood wake up to the fact that humans need movies like this more than they need another explosion, gun battle or sex scene. I applaud this movie's director and writer; she has that special quality all writers pray for. Thank you for making this movie. Thank you so much Show the 7 previous comments... Categories: DirectorsSouth Korean directors Page Discussion View View source History
