The Border City 2 (2010)

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.

Released March 18, 2010 104 min 15+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.red-scare, mdblist.belongs-to-collection, mdblist.one-actor, mdblist.collection-follow-up, tmdb.inter-korean-relations

Production Companies: Cinema Dal

Country: South Korea
Production Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean