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Friends of Kim (2006) Online
Original Title :
Friends of Kim
Genre :
Movie / Documentary
Year :
2006
Directror :
Raphael Wilking
Cast :
David Borenstein,Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez,Kristian Carter
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 11min
Rating :
6.7/10

This Dutch documentary shows a group of Westerners on an organized 12-day tour of North Korea organized by the Korean Friendship Association. It shows various staged events in honor of the ... See full summary

Friends of Kim (2006) Online

This Dutch documentary shows a group of Westerners on an organized 12-day tour of North Korea organized by the Korean Friendship Association. It shows various staged events in honor of the group and commentary by the group members throughout. It also shows an incident whereby ABC News journalist Andrew Morse has his hotel room broken into and his videotapes stolen by the leader of the KFA, Spanish citizen Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez.
Credited cast:
David Borenstein David Borenstein - Tour participant
Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez - Leader of the Korean Friendship Association
Kristian Carter Kristian Carter - KFA staff member
Mun Jong Choi Mun Jong Choi - First Secretary of North Korean Government
Jong-Il Kim Jong-Il Kim - Leader of North Korea (archive footage) (as Jong-il Kim)
Curtis Melvin Curtis Melvin - Tour participant
Wesley Mitchell Wesley Mitchell - Tour participant
Andrew Morse Andrew Morse - Tour participant
Jong Choi Mun Jong Choi Mun - First Secretary of North Korean Government
Richard Ragan Richard Ragan - Country director of UN World Food Program for North Korea
Bjørnar Simonsen Bjørnar Simonsen - KFA staff member
Dmitry Tikhankov Dmitry Tikhankov - Tour participant
Roger van der Linde Roger van der Linde - Tour participant


User reviews

krot

krot

This is an extraordinarily interesting documentary not only about reality vs. the warped narrative of North Korea, but a very revealing look at the unselfconscious clownishness of rented European left-wing militancy. The level of frankness the filmmakers managed to capture during this bizarre, almost comical "peace trip" sponsored by North Korea's paid Western agents is so full of rich atmosphere and detail that it is unmatched by the many more journalistic documentaries/exposes one normally sees on Western TV networks. It is ironic what befalls the ABC News reporter Andrew Morse, whose own documentary footage was seized during the trip, but the renegade Dutch filmmakers managed to get incredibly damning and revealing footage out in order to make this film. The only drawback is that some of the editing is amateurish and jarring, but it doesn't take much away in terms of the power of the images and stories they were able to capture.