THE GIRL FROM THE SOUTH
Chica del Sur
Synopsis
Twenty years after peace activist Im Su-kyong swore that she would cross the border between North and South Korea on foot, Argentine documentary filmmaker José Luis García goes in search of the young woman who was once known as “The Flower of Reunification.”
Synopsis
Twenty years after peace activist Im Su-kyong swore that she would cross the border between North and South Korea on foot, Argentine documentary filmmaker José Luis García goes in search of the young woman who was once known as “The Flower of Reunification.”
Our take
South Korea’s Lim Su-kyung (nicknamed “The Flower of Reunification”) travels to Pyongyang’s World Festival of Youth and Students in José Luis García’s remarkable portrait of the activist/politician, then and now. A festival hit that screened at CPH:DOX, IDFA and TIFF.