The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

6.6

Netflix rating: 6.5
Metacritics rating: 65.0
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 79.0%

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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. This firsthand account tells of two kidnapped South Korean movie professionals who became the unwilling personal filmmakers of dictator Kim Jong-il.

Title
The Lovers and the Despot
Year
2016
Genre
Documentary Thriller
Type
Movies
IDMB rating
6.6 (940 votes)
Netflix rating
6.5
Metacritics rating
65.0
Rotten Tomatoes rating
79.0%
Directors
Ross Adam, Robert Cannan
Actors
Sang-ok Shin, Eun-hie Choi, Paul Courtenay Hyu

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