[Formery Gajok] After deciding to start a family of his own, Eric, a Korean adoptee weighs the consequences of meeting his biological mother. The Day We Met is a story about hope, loss and the meaning of family.
After deciding to start a family, a Korean-Canadian adoptee weighs the consequences of meeting his biological mother.
Eric, a Korean-Canadian adoptee and his partner Steph, would love to start a family. Eric wants kids of his own but complications mean that adoption is the only real option, forcing Eric to confront his own ideas of identity and family. Steph thinks that meeting his biological mother would help Eric come to terms with his conflicted ideas of family. Eric is torn knowing that these things rarely have happy endings and that doing so would deeply hurt his adoptive parents. Ultimately, Eric decides to meet her, in the hope it will bring closure and allow them all to move forward as a family, but he soon learns that life rarely turns out the way you expect.
Meet the wonderfully talented team behind Ga-Jok. Directors: Nach (Inconceivable) and Mayumi (Akashi). Actors: Lee (The Man in the High Castle) Sam (Women of Marwen) Albert (The 100) DP: Angelica (The Birdwatcher) Editor: Andrea (Inconceiv