Repatriation
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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.
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2 films
Cast
3 people
Kim Dong-won Director · Ryu Mi-rye Screenplay Byun Young-joo Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $15K · United States release January 19, 2004 · Produced in South Korea
Box office
Worldwide gross
$14,795
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P.U.R.N Production
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South Korea
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Original title
송환
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · October 30, 2003
Premiere
United States · January 19, 2004
Sundance Film Festival
South Korea · March 19, 2004
Theatrical
Argentina
March 13, 2005 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
February 19, 2005 · Adelaide Film Festival
Canada
September 24, 2004 · Vancouver International Film Festival
Czechia
July 8, 2004 · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Japan
March 4, 2006 · Theatrical
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