My Name Is Loh Kiwan (2024) on Netflix
Loh Kiwan escapes North Korea with his mother, and they are separated in China. In Brussels he is homeless and fights for refugee status, and meets Marie, a former shooting athlete.
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Loh Kiwan is a North Korean defector. He crosses into China with his mother, and the Chinese authorities separate them, so he has to flee again. He reaches Brussels, a city he does not know, in the middle of a hard winter, with nowhere to sleep, and applies for refugee status. His mother wanted him to find a safe haven where he could live freely. In Belgium he meets Marie, a Belgian who used to compete in shooting and whose own life has come apart. She has lost hope, and the two grow close as they deal with their separate hardships.
