Repatriation (2004)

Original title

송환

Directed by

Kim Dong-won

Genre

documentary film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 29m

Rated

12

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary follows a group of long-term prisoners who were finally released from South Korean jails in the 1990s and sent back to North Korea. It shows their lives during and after this process.

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What happens

Repatriation (Korean: 송환; Hanja: 送還; RR: Songhwan) is a 2004 South Korean documentary film that documents the lives of unconverted long-term prisoners imprisoned in the South for more than 30 years. They were finally set free in the 1990s when inter-Korean relations improved, and repatriated to the North. It was presented with the Freedom of Expression Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, the first time a Korean film has ever been presented with an award at the prestigious U.S. festival. It also won Best Documentary Award at the 19th Fribourg International Film Festival in 2005. A followup, The 2nd Repatriation (2차 송환) was released in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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