Sul-ji, exiled from North Korea 2 years ago, is cheerful lady who is working at flower shop. Using her experience that drew propaganda paintings in North Korea, she draws wall-painting for part-timer. Desperate Broadcast producer Shin-woong, discovers her and trying to make hit documentary about her, but she hesitates minding her families still in North. Eventually she decides to go in under the condition that she hides her identity.
Acting
Dana's smile that shatters your heart in scene three.
Writing
Propaganda skills weaponized for capitalist documentary—chef's kiss irony.
Production
Wall paintings that transform cramped Seoul into surreal memory palace.
Director
Park Jin-soon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Park Jin-soon cast real North Korean defectors in background roles; Dana spent months learning Pyongyang dialect nuances.
The film's 2015 release preceded South Korea's 2024 ban on sending anti-regime leaflets north, making Shin-woong's documentary pitch legally impossible today.
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