Ounie Lecomte's 'A Brand New Life' (2009)
Her Head in FilmsMay 21, 202401:23:19

Ounie Lecomte's 'A Brand New Life' (2009)

In this episode, I explore Ounie Lecomte's moving 2009 debut feature film, "A Brand New Life." The film is based on Lecomte's own life and centers around a 9-year-old girl who is abandoned by her father at an orphanage in Seoul in 1975. I discuss the film's themes of abandonment, loss, loneliness, and the marginalization of women. I also talk about more general things at the beginning of the episode, like why the Her Head in Films podcast means so much to me and why I am putting so much of myself into it.



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Things Discussed in this Episode:




• Listen to my series on Formative Art House Films: The Passion of Joan of Arc (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/4745a637) , La Jetée (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/946abd71) , Cleo from 5 to 7 (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/452f42e8) , L'avventura (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/80035330) , Close-Up (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/594052e7)


• Watch 'A Brand New Life' for free on Tubi TV (https://tubitv.com/movies/20493/a_brand_new_life?tracked=1) (for residents of the United States)


• Listen to my episode on Joanna Hogg's 2007 film, 'Unrelated' (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/d03fc0a3)


• Read Ounie Lecomte's 2009 interview with IndieWire (http://www.indiewire.com/2009/09/tiff-09-ounie-lecomte-was-working-as-fashion-editor-while-writing-the-script-246571/)


• Listen to my episode on Lee Chang-dong's film, 'Poetry' (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/aa74e780)


• Listen to my episode on Abbas Kiarostami's 'Where Is My Friend's House?' and Mohammad-Ali Talebi's 'Willow and Wind' (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/2a2666d6)


• Listen to my episodes on Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/890b54d7) and The Apu Trilogy (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/dd0f8ad0)


• Listen to my epsiode on Agnieszka Holland's 'The Secret Garden' (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/b45711a6)


• Listen to my episode on Peter Weir's 'Dead Poets Society' (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/4357ce4d)


• Check out the streaming site, Mubi (https://mubi.com/t/web/global/gteb5hp)