Repatriation (Songhwan)
Of the thousands of spies sent between North and South Korea since their separation at the end of the Korean War in 1953, many of those captured in the South remained long term "unconverted" prisoners. Kim becomes intimately involved with the plight of the spies for 12 years, as they gain eventual release, struggle to survive in a transformed democratic world and commence their fight for repatriation. A highly personal, affecting and perceptive report from the trailing edge of the Cold War.
Reviews
“A film of great candour, this is the most searching account of modern Korean politics ever made.”
Tony Rayns, Vancouver International Film Festival
“Ultimately a story about the indomitable human spirit, Repatriation is an extraordinary chronicle of human drama in the context of political change, and a testament to those who stubbornly, and at tremendous cost, fight for what they believe in.”
Diane Weyermann, Sundance Film Festival
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When
5:15 PM Saturday, 19 February
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Mercury Cinema
Ticket Price
Full price $14
Industry $12
SPU Concession $10
As Part Of
General DocumentariesAbout Repatriation
149 minutesSP Betacam
In Korean with English subtitles
Print Source
Indiestory
Gina Kang
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Awards
Grand Prize, Audience Prize Seoul Independent 2004Freedom of Expression Award Sundance 2004
Festivals
Amnesty International Film Festival 2004New York Human Rights Watch 2004
Brisbane International Film Festival 2004
Seoul Independent Film Festival 2004
Sundance Film Festival 2004
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2003
About the Director
Kim Dong-won
Kim Dong-won was born in 1955 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Sogang University, majoring in mass communication, and has since worked as an assistant director and as a documentary filmmaker. In 1991 Dong-won founded the documentary film collective P.U.R.N. Production and has since produced and directed around thirty documentaries.
Filmography
Repatriation (2003)One Man (2001)
Another World We Are Making (1999)
The 6 Days Struggle at the Myong Dong Catherdral (1997)
We'll Be One (1995)
Haengdang-dong People (1994)
In the Forest of Media (1993)
Standing on the Edge of Death (1990)
Sangkeiy-dong Olympics (1988)