Fisherman Nam Chul Woo lives a simple yet happy life with his wife and daughter in North Korea. But when his net gets caught in his boat’s engine, he accidentally drifts into South Korean waters, where he is arrested on suspicion of being a spy, and brutally interrogated.

Iconoclastic filmmaker Kim Ki-duk is best known for lurking at the extreme end of South Korean cinema, so this bold fish-out-of-water tale marks a distinct change of pace. Balancing spy-movie thrills with character-driven drama, The Net examines the ideological chasm of Korea’s North-South divide.