The Day She Returns
6.6
Having stepped back from acting after marriage and a subsequent divorce, actress Bae Jeongsu returns to the profession with a role in an independent film. As the film’s release approaches, she takes part in a series of press interviews, only to discover later, when asked to revisit those moments in her acting class, that she cannot clearly recall what was said.
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Cast
8 people
Song Seon-mi
Bae Jeongsu
Known for
Love Alarm
Start-Up
Cho Yun-hee
Kim Young
Known for
In Front of Your Face
The Day After
Park Mi-so
Park Junhee
Also in
Introduction
The Novelist's Film
Kim Sun-jin
Interviewer 1
O Yoon-soo
Interviewer 2
Also in
By the Stream
Cobweb
Kang So-yi
Interviewer 3
Also in
What Does That Nature Say to You
By the Stream
Ha Seong-guk
Director
Known for
The Woman Who Ran
In Front of Your Face
Shin Seok-ho
Helper
Known for
In Front of Your Face
Hotel by the River
Hong Sang-soo Director
United States release December 18, 2026 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 그녀가 돌아온 날
Production
Jeonwonsa Film
Production
South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
그녀가 돌아온 날
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 2026
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
South Korea · May 6, 2026
Theatrical
United States · December 18, 2026
Limited theatrical
United States
October 6, 2026 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · AFI Fest
November 6, 2026 · Premiere · San Diego Asian Film Festival
Argentina
April 19, 2026 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Australia
August 9, 2026 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Austria
October 25, 2026 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Brazil
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
China
June 15, 2026 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Yangtze River Delta International Youth Film Festival
Finland
September 18, 2026 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
October 14, 2026 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 5, 2026 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Israel
July 14, 2026 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
Japan
November 20, 2026 · Premiere · TOKYO FILMeX
Peru
October 11, 2026 · Premiere · Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine
Poland
July 24, 2026 · Premiere · TAURON New Horizons International Film Festival
Russia
April 18, 2026 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
Sweden
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
Taiwan
August 28, 2026 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 21, 2026 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
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