🎬 Documentary

The Border City 2

2010 1h 44m Dir. Hong Hyung-sook

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In 2003 Song Du-yul, a philosophy professor, decides to go back to his homeland after spending thirty-seven years in Germany. Within a week after crossing the border, his reputation falls from a respected global political figure to an infamous communist spy. During a five-year-long trial, he was arrested and held in custody. This throws Korean society into turmoil and brings a big conflict between the Conservative and the Progressive parties. The filmmaker calmly contemplates this long period of the incident in detail and depicts a society with an indifferent manner. The story builds through an accretion of whimsical facts and it sometimes brings up uncomfortable truths which will irritate viewers. This film is a camera inside of us that evokes what viewers may have tried to forget.

Quick facts

Year
2010
Runtime
1h 44m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
KO

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Hong Hyung-sook 👤 Song Du-yul
red scare inter-korean relations

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The Border City 2 has a runtime of 1h 44m (1 hour and 44 minutes).
The Border City 2 was directed by Hong Hyung-sook and released in 2010.
The Border City 2 is a Documentary film (2010).
The cast of The Border City 2 includes Song Du-yul.

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