The Lovers and The Despot (2016)

Original title

The Lovers and the Despot

Directed by

Robert Cannan, Ross Adam

Genre

documentary film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the true story of a South Korean actress and her film director husband who were kidnapped to North Korea. They were forced by Kim Jong Il to make movies for him.

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What happens

The Lovers and the Despot is a 2016 British documentary film written and directed by Robert Cannan and Ross Adam, about the 1978 abduction of South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, and film director Shin Sang-ok, by Kim Jong Il of North Korea. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's 2014 MeetMarket. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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