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The Juche Idea

Mar 31, 2008 · 1h 2m
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Jim Finn, follows a South Korean video artist in North Korea who hopes to revitalize Juche cinema, somewhat inspired by a true story of a South Korean filmmaker kidnapped in the 70s to make the North Korean film industry better. This experimental satire that examines what happens when a South Korean filmmaker sojourns into communist North Korea to breathe new life into that country's flagging, propaganda-driven movie industry. Believing that cinema can prop up North Korea's Juche Idea of self-reliance, mad dictator Kim Jong-Il pulls out all the stops to help the young émigré produce appropriate films.

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CAST

Jung Yoon Lee
Yoon Jung
Daniela Kostova
Russian Woman
Sung Kim
North Korean Man
Oleg Mavromatti
Russian Man
Directed by Jim Finn

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Released
Original language
EN
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Country
US

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