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My Name Is Loh Kiwan
A bleak refugee melodrama washed in freezing urban isolation, the film aches with suffocating survivor's guilt before blooming into quiet warmth—a bruised flower stubbornly pushing through the cracked, snow-laden asphalt of Brussels.
My Name Is Loh Kiwan
My Name Is Loh Kiwan

로기완

"I have decided to survive in this land."

19 February 2024 South Korea 134 min 7.3 (159)

Director: Kim Hee-jin

Cast: Song Joong-ki, Choi Sung-eun, Waël Sersoub, Cho Han-cheul, Kim Sung-ryung

Drama Romance Survivor’s Guilt and the Cost of Living Displacement, Identity, and Bureaucratic Limbo Survival versus Humanity / The Healing Power of Love Solidarity Among the Marginalized

My Name Is Loh Kiwan — Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

살아남아야 한다. 네 이름으로 당당하게 살아라.
— Ok-hee (Kiwan's Mother)

Context

Spoken during Kiwan’s memory of his mother’s final guidance in China.

Meaning

This command serves as Kiwan’s primary moral compass and psychological burden throughout his exile in Europe.

나 같은 사람도 행복해질 자격이 있습니까?
— Loh Ki-wan

Context

Uttered in a quiet, vulnerable moment with Marie.

Meaning

Exposes Kiwan’s core inner conflict: the subconscious belief that experiencing joy or comfort is an act of betrayal toward his deceased mother.

권리를 얻는다는 것은 떠날 권리도 갖는다는 것이다.
— Loh Ki-wan

Context

Delivered as a voiceover monologue during the film’s closing phase.

Meaning

Reframes the definition of refugee status: true freedom is not being confined to a sanctuary out of desperation, but possessing the legal autonomy and dignity to depart and choose where one belongs.

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