Movie·2008·1h 2m

The Juche Idea

Name: The Juche Idea
Released: 2008-03-31
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Jung Yoon Lee, Daniela Kostova, Sung Kim, Oleg Mavromatti

★ 6.5

Synopsis

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.