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Provocateur (1998)

Provocateur poster
Directed by
Jim Donovan
Genre
spy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A North Korean spy infiltrates the home of a US colonel in South Korea by working as a servant. She falls in love with the colonel's son while secretly trying to steal military secrets.

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What happens

Provocateur (also released on video as Agent Provocateur) is a 1997 American drama film directed by Jim Donovan, written by Roger Kumble, and starring Lillo Brancato Jr. and Jane March. The original score was written by Mark Nakamura and Mark Shannon. March plays Sook Hee, a mixed-race ("honhyol") North Korean agent who ingratiates herself into the household of Colonel Greg Finn (Stephen Mendel), stationed in South Korea, to access military secrets. While working as Finn's servant, Sook becomes acquainted with his son Chris (Brancato), and they fall in love. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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