South Korea’s Oscar candidate uses the final days of President Park Chung-hee’s rule in 1979 as the basis of a tense conspiracy thriller with all the intrigue of a John le Carré classic. Eighteen years after a military coup d’etat in South Korea, President Park (Lee Sung-min) has become a symbol of corrupt dictatorship. Korean intelligence chief Kim Gyu-pyeong (Lee Byung-hun) has sworn to serve the President but his loyalty is tested to the limit in the fast-unfolding web of paranoia, plotting, violence and betrayal that marked a key moment in the country’s history.
UK Premiere. Thanks to Showbox
