The Juche Idea
2008, English. Directed by Jim Finn.
Jim Finn, follows a South Korean video artist in North Korea who hopes to revitalize Juche cinema, somewhat inspired by a true story of a South Korean filmmaker kidnapped in the 70s to make the North Korean film industry better. This experimental satire that examines what happens when a South Korean filmmaker sojourns into communist North Korea to breathe new life into that country's flagging, propaganda-driven movie industry. Believing that cinema can prop up North Korea's Juche Idea of self-reliance, mad dictator Kim Jong-Il pulls out all the stops to help the young émigré produce appropriate films.
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- 1h 2m
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- English
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The Juche Idea is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India.
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- 31 March 2008
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- Jim Finn
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The Juche Idea runs 62 minutes (1h 2m).
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The Juche Idea is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Juche Idea?
The Juche Idea (2008) was directed by Jim Finn and stars Jung Yoon Lee, Daniela Kostova, Sung Kim.