Fresh
It's a riveting story steeped in Cold War intrigue and personal tragedy but also not without its ironies.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
The Lovers and the Despot
They were kidnapped by their biggest fan
2016 · 1h 38m · UNRATED
Documentary, History
Directed by
Robert Cannan
,
Ross Adam
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The Lovers and the Despot
Overview
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
Director and cast
- Robert Cannan Director
- Ross Adam Director
- Paul Courtenay Hyu as Shin Sang-ok
- Yuna Shin as Choi Eun-hee
- Choi Eun-hee as Self - Actress / Various Roles
- Michael Yi as Self - US Intelligence Officer
- Shin Jeong-kyun as Self - Choi and Shin's Son
- Shin Myung-yim as Self - Choi and Shin's Daughter
- Choi Kyung-ok as Self - Choi's Brother
- Iain T. A. Hall as Self - RHK Police Inspector (1975-79)
- Pierre Rissient as Self - Film Critic
- Lee Jang-ho as Self - Filmmaker
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Documentarians Rob Cannan and Ross Adam compellingly couple an epic love story with an international espionage thriller.
Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Directors Ross Adam and Robert Cannan's documentary is told masterfully through archival material, film clips, spot-on re-enactments and interviews with those involved ...
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Directors Rob Cannan and Ross Adam have made a picture that's technically rough-edged but absorbing.
Soren Anderson, Seattle Times
Rotten
The personalities are big, the story is striking, but the treatment is unimaginative-except for the editing, which is often clever and beautiful but problematic.
Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com
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