In Her Place
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| Directed by | Albert Shin |
| Produced by | Albert Shin Igor Drljaca |
| Written by | Albert Shin Pearl Ball-Harding |
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Gil Hae-yeon Ahn Ji-hye Yoon Da-gyeong |
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TimeLapse Pictures
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| Distributed by | A71 Productions |
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Running time
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115 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Korean |
In Her Place (Korean: 인 허 플레이스) is a joint Canadian and South Korean film. Directed and written by Albert Shin, the film premiered on September 4, 2014 in the Toronto International Film Festival's Discovery program.
Inspired by Korean culture's strong stigma against adoption, the film stars Gil Hae-yeon and Ahn Ji-hye as a mother and daughter living on a farm in Korea. When the teenage daughter becomes pregnant, a woman (Yoon Da-gyeong) arrives from Seoul to propose a secret adoption, conditional on her staying with them for the duration of the pregnancy so that she can hide the adoption when she returns to Seoul after the baby's birth.
The film was shot entirely in Korea.
Shin won the Scotiabank Jay Scott Prize at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2014 for the film. The film was included in the list of "Canada's Top Ten" feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.
The film also garnered several Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Ahn Ji-hye and Yoon Da-gyeong) and Best Supporting Actress (Gil Hae-yeon).
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