The Juche Idea (2008)
62 min
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.
- Release date
- March 31, 2008
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Jung Yoon Lee as Yoon Jung
- Daniela Kostova as Russian Woman
- Sung Kim as North Korean Man
- Oleg Mavromatti as Russian Man
- Janette Kim
- Jim Finn
- Grace Chang
- Carl Lee
- Soyeon Jung
- Sanghoon Lee
Crew
- Jim Finn · Director
- Jim Finn · Writer
- Jong-Il Kim · Writer
- Jim Finn · Producer
- Neung Phak · Composer
- Pauline Oliveros · Composer
- Jim Finn · Editor