En Route To

En Route To
Hangul
지우러 가는 길
RRJiureo ganeun gil
MRChiurŏ kanŭn kil
Directed byYoo Jae-in
Screenplay byYoo Jae-in
Produced byKim Ji-hyoung
Starring
CinematographyBaek Jae-ryung
Music byLee Eun-joo
Production
company
Korean Academy of Film Arts
Distributed byHive Filmworks Inc
Release date
  • September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) (Busan)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

En Route To is a 2025 independent South Korean coming-of-age film written and directed by Yoo Jaein about a teenage pregnancy.[1][2] It had its world premiere in competition at the 2025 Busan International Film Festival, where it was awarded best actress for Lee Jiwon.[3] At the festival, director Yoo also received the New Currents Award.[4]

Premise

The film touches on themes of teenage pregnancy, parental abandonment, abusive teachers, and suicide.[1]

It follows Yoon-ji, a first-year high school student who becomes pregnant after an affair with her married homeroom teacher.[1] Following the pregnancy, her teacher suddenly disappears without notice.[1] Despite wanting a family, Yoon-ji decides to get an abortion, believing that this might bring back the return of her teacher.[1][4]

Without money, Yoon-ji is brought to steal the savings of her roommate Kyeong-seon to purchase illegal abortion pills in order to terminate her pregnancy.[1][4] While this initially causes strife with Kyeong-seon, who has been illegally selling vape cartridges to classmates, she soon starts to help Yoon-ji when she realizes the reason for Yoon-ji's theft.[1]

Cast

  • Sim Su-bin as Yun-ji
  • Lee Ji-won as Kyung-sun
  • Jang Sun as Min-yeong

Production

The film is Yoo's graduation project at the Korea Academy of Film Arts.[2] It marks her feature directorial debut.[2] Yoo also wrote the screenplay.

Yoo had previously directed short films including Happyhappy Cookingtime, Hey, How Are You?, Return To Sender, and Ghwa The Last Name, the ladder of which had won the best short film prize at the 2023 Blue Dragon Awards.[4]

Release

En Route To competed in the Competition section of the 30th Busan International Film Festival on September 19, 2025, for 'Bosan Awards'.[5]

Hive Filmworks acquired the sales rights of the film in September 2025.[4]

Reception

Dennis Harvey of Variety praised the “strong Korean debut”, noting that the film takes an “assured, unpredictable path through seriocomic coming-of-age territory”, while also commenting on the “impressive narrative journey”.[2] On Yoo, he writes she “takes risk she pulls off with admirable dexterity” while “maintaining unobtrusive control over her adept performers, set-pieces and pacing”.[2]

Pierce Conran of ScreenAnarchy writes that “Yoo's film stands apart from its peers not just for its humour” but also for its “fleet-footed pacing and editing”.[1]

Awards and nominations

Award ceremony Date of ceremony Category Recipient Result Ref.
Busan International Film Festival September 26, 2025 Best Actor Lee Ji-won Won [6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Busan 2025 Review: EN ROUTE TO, Poignant and Wry Debut Film Handles Difficult Subject with a Light Touch". ScreenAnarchy. September 19, 2025. Archived from the original on September 29, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e Harvey, Dennis (September 22, 2025). "'En Route To' Review: In Strong Korean Debut, Adult Cares Complicate the Lives of Well-Drawn Teenage Heroines". Variety. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  3. ^ Shackleton, Liz (September 26, 2025). "Zhang Lu's 'Gloaming In Luomu' Awarded Best Film In Busan; Shu Qi Wins Best Director For 'Girl'". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 26, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e Michael Rosser (September 15, 2025). "Hive Filmworks to sell Busan Competition drama 'En Route To'". Screen Daily. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  5. ^ Michael Rosser (August 26, 2025). "Busan film festival reveals first Competition lineup ahead of 2025 edition". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on September 9, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  6. ^ Patrick Brzesk (September 26, 2025). "Busan Film Festival Winners: Zhang Lu's 'Gloaming in Luomu' Wins Top Prize, Shu Qi Takes Best Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

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