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The Juche Idea (2008)

6.5 | Mar 31, 2008 (US) | | 01:02

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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Jung Yoon Lee
Yoon Jung
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Daniela Kostova
Russian Woman
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Sung Kim
North Korean Man
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Oleg Mavromatti
Russian Man

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