The Lovers and the Despot

The Lovers and the Despot

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  • Genre(s): Documentary, History
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Robert Cannan, Ross Adam
  • Cast(s): Paul Courtenay Hyu, Choi Eun-hee, Lee Jang-ho, Shin Sang-ok, Kim Jong-il See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 40min
  • Music: Nathan Halpern,Connie Farr,Alastair Sirkett,Aminé Ramer,Simon Hill
  • Award(s): Grand Jury Prize 2016 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Miracle: The Boys of '80, Breakdown: 1975
  • Story:
    After the collapse of their glamorous romance, a famous director and actress are kidnapped by movie-obsessed dictator Kim Jong-il. Forced to make films in the world's weirdest state, they get a second chance at love, but only one chance at escape.
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STORY

Story
After the collapse of their glamorous romance, a famous director and actress are kidnapped by movie-obsessed dictator Kim Jong-il. Forced to make films in the world's weirdest state, they get a second chance at love, but only one chance at escape.

AWARDS

Nominations
Grand Jury Prize Award

World Cinema Documentary | 2016 | Robert

Video Source Award

2016 | Robert

Bronze Horse Award

Best Documentary | 2016 | Robert

TRIVIA

Trivia

Jong-Il Kim was a huge film fan and had over 15,000 movies in his private collection. The bulk of these were not homegrown North Korean productions which he felt were stiff and lifeless (they were propaganda of course). Instead Kim admired the more dynamic productions from South Korea and the West even though he had banned these from being shown.

Eun-hie Choi's involvement in the film was achieved by wooing her with English teas and jams.

Two years in production. This was mostly due to delays caused by a suspicious South Korean government, and the need to fight off rival interested parties. Other complications including the complete non-involvement of anyone from the North Korean side and from the CIA who were known to be actively involved in the debriefing of Eun-hie Choi and Shin Sang-ok but continually denied any involvement.

The illicit tapings that Eun-hie Choi and Shin Sang-ok took of their meetings with Jong-Il Kim - and which ultimately lent credence to their outlandish story - was one of the first times that dictator Kim's voice was heard in the West.

Ross Adam became interested in the story of the kidnapping because it seemed too outlandish to be real.