The Lovers the Despot 2016 In 1970s South Korea, actor Choi Eun hee and her ex husband, film director Shin Sang ok, were divorced, estranged and both struggling with stalled careers Unfortunately, both their lives seemed changed forever when they were individually kidnapped in 1978 by their biggest fan, Kim Jong il, despot of North Korea With persuasion and brute force, the movie obsessed Kim planned to use them to develop the Hermit Kingdoms film industry and get it out of its mindless propaganda mentality Through the words of Choi, their family, associates and US intelligence personnel, you will follow the story of the bizarre slavery of this couple even as they rediscovered their love and secretly gathered evidence of the dictators crimes All the while, they struggled to play along with the worlds most dangerous film geek as they desperately planned their escape