The Border City 2
- Documentary
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 18, 2010
- Original language
- Korean
- Spoken languages
- Korean
- Production
- Cinema Dal
- Cast
- Song Du-yul
- Director
- Hong Hyung-sook
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt1519657