The Lovers & the Despot

Movie Details

Overview

The story of the South Korean actor, Choi Eun-hee, and her ex-husband and film director, Shin Sang-ok, who were individually kidnapped and reunited by dictator and film fan Kim Jong-il to force them to develop North Korea’s film industry.

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Cast: Choi Eun-hie, Paul Courtenay Hyu, Shin Sang-ok

Director: Robert Cannan, Ross Adam

Genre: Biography, Documentary, Thriller

Country: France, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Release Year: 2016

IMDB Rating: 6.6 (1118 votes)

TMDB Rating: 6.9 (29 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes: 79

Metacritic: 65

Runtime: 1h 38m

Budget: 95,521 USD

Release Date: 2016-09-23