The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

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Country: UK
Genres: Documentary, Thriller
Release: 2016-01-22 (USA) (Sundance Film Festival), 2016-04-06 (USA) (Cleveland International Film Festival), 2016-04-06 (USA) (Sarasota Film Festival)
Director: Ross Adam , Robert Cannan
Writers: Ross Adam , Robert Cannan
Language: Korean | English | Japanese
Stars: Paul Courtenay Hyu
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: 5 nominations
AKA: Die Liebenden und der Diktator (Germany) , Filmens fångar (Sweden) , The Lovers & the Despot (United States of America) , Kim Dzsongil bemutatja (Hungary) , Os Amantes e o Déspota (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Lovers & the Despot , The Lovers and the Despot (Italy) , 将軍様、あなたのために映画を撮ります (Japan) , 北韓騎劫夢工場 (Hong Kong) , Kochankowie i dyktator (Poland) , Любовники и деспот (Russian Federation) , The Lovers & the Despot (United Kingdom) , Os Amantes e o Déspota (Brazil)
Plot: In 1970s South Korea, actor Choi Eun-hee and her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok, were divorced, estranged and both struggling with stalled careers. Unfortunately, both their lives seemed changed forever when they were individually kidnapped in 1978 by their biggest fan, Kim Jong-il, despot of North Korea. With persuasion and brute force, the movie obsessed Kim planned to use them to develop the Hermit Kingdom's film industry and get it out of its mindless propaganda mentality. Through the words of Choi, their family, associates and US intelligence personnel, you will follow the story of the bizarre slavery of this couple even as they rediscovered their love and secretly gathered evidence of the dictator's crimes. All the while, they struggled to play along with the world's most dangerous film geek as they desperately planned their escape.
IMDB:tt5278868