They met in the 1950s, fell in love and had two children until Shin slept with a younger actress, resulting in their divorce in 1975. The Lovers and the Despot 2016 PG 1h 38m Documentaries This firsthand account tells of two kidnapped South Korean movie professionals who became the … Buy $12.99


In the 70s, after reaching the top of Korean society following a string of successful films, Choi was kidnapped in Hong Kong by North Korean agents and taken to meet Kim Jong-il. Choi and Shin planned their escape, but not before producing 17 feature films for the dictator and gaining his trust in the process.The Lovers and the Despot tells the story of young, ambitious South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee, who met and fell in love in 1950s post-war Korea. The Lovers and the Despot tells the story of young, ambitious South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee, who met and fell in love in 1950s post-war Korea. Shin and Choi were the celebrity couple of their time and place. In the 70s, after reaching the top of Korean society following a string of successful films, Choi was kidnapped in Hong Kong by North Korean agents and taken to meet Kim Jong-il. While searching for Choi, Shin also was kidnapped, and following five years of imprisonment, the couple was reunited by the movie-obsessed Kim, who declared them his personal filmmakers.

A true testament to the enduring power of the human spirit, "The Lovers and the Despot" chronicles a story almost too outrageous to be true: a South Korean celebrity couple (a director and his movie star wife) are kidnapped by Kim-Jong il and taken to North Korea for the next decade as they are forced to tirelessly produce propaganda films in honor of their "great" leader. While searching for Choi, Shin also was kidnapped, and following five years of imprisonment, the couple was reunited by the movie-obsessed Kim, who declared them his personal filmmakers.

THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT tells the story of young, ambitious South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee, who met and fell in love in 1950s post-war Korea. Here's the trailer for "The Lovers and The Despot," the new documentary that chronicles the harrowing true story about the 1978 North Korean kidnapping of popular South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and his wife, actress Choi Euh-hee, who were forced to serve as the personal filmmakers of movie-obsessed dictator Kim Jong-il.

Choi and Shin planned their escape, but not before producing 17 feature films for the dictator and gaining his trust in the process. The Lovers and the Despot tells the story of young, ambitious South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee, who met and fell in love in 1950s post-war Korea. They were the Brangelina of ’70s South Korea—the romance between the debonair film director Shin Sang-ok and glamorous actress Choi Eun-hee took them to the heights of South Korean society. Rent $3.99 Rent $3.99 The Lovers and the Despot takes a fascinating story about filmmaking, politics, kidnapping and propaganda and gives us almost no insight into the work of its two main characters, a … Directed by documentary filmmakers Ross Adam and Robert Cannan, "The Lovers and The Despot" will be released in theaters and on VOD on September 23rd. Fame took a toll on their love, but it also attracted unbelievable twists of fate. The Lovers and the Despot tells the story of young, ambitious South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee, who met and fell in love in 1950s post-war Korea.


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