

The Lovers and the Despot (2016)
Overview : Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
Release Date : September 22, 2016
Runtime : 98m
Genre : Documentary, History
Companies : Hellflower Films, Tigerlily Films, Pumpernickel Films, Submarine
Countries : France, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Keywords : cinema on cinema, kidnapping, movie business, 1970s, dictatorship, hong kong, docudrama, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, communism, communist propaganda, 1980s, portrait of a filmmaker, north korea, inter-korean relations