The Lovers and the Despot PG

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This film was last shown on 29 September 2016

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. That’s certainly the case in this documentary A famous South Korean director and film star fall in, then out, of love. Years later, they are both kidnapped by the movie-mad North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.

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Director
Robert Cannan , Ross Adam
Country
UK
Year
2016
Duration
98 mins
Cast
Paul Courtenay Hyu

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