Crossing (2008)

Original title

크로싱

Directed by

Kim Tae-gyun

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A North Korean man risks everything to illegally leave the country so he can get medicine for his sick wife. Along the way he endures the constant fear of persecution and the harsh realities of life in an impoverished state.

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What happens

Crossing (also known as Keurosing) is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Kim Tae-kyun. It was selected as South Korea's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film follows the journey of a North Korean man as he illegally leaves the country to find medicine for his sick wife, portraying the many hardships of the average North Korean citizen. The film had 907,255 admissions in South Korea. The politics of North Korea in this film are left behind and are mainly in the background. Instead it concentrates more on the life of the average North Korean, such as the hardship in an impoverished state and the fear of getting caught and being persecuted in North Korea. Subtle themes include religion, which runs through the film, as Yong Soo hopes that his son comes back safely, as well as football which is a way in connecting the North Koreans to the outside world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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