Repatriation

Repatriation (2004)

송환

In 1992, political prisoners from North Korea settled in the South Korean town where filmmaker Dong-won Kim lived. Sent to South Korea as spies during the war, they spent 30 years in jail. How did they endure the many years of torture? What will become of them now that they have been released? Twelve years in the making, Repatriation is a very personal view of a country divided by an ongoing cold war.

Date of release
2004-03-19
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (9)
Runtime
2h 29m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Kim Dong-won
Collection
Repatriation Collection

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance Freedom of Expression Award

Repatriation is a 2004 South Korean documentary film that documents the lives of unconverted long-term prisoners imprisoned in the South for more than 30 years. They were finally set free in the 1990s when inter-Korean relations improved, and repatriated to the North.

Production

When the unconverted long-term prisoners imprisoned in South Korea, were released after more than 30 years, they moved to Bongchun-dong, filmmaker Kim Dong-won's village.

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