Escape From Mogadishu, Korea’s submission to this year’s International Feature Oscar race, tells the harrowing true story of North and South Koreans caught in the middle of a brutal civil war in Somalia in 1991, and how the divided nation worked together to survive the crisis in a foreign land.Director Ryoo Seung-wan was adamant about making sure the story was told from an authentic perspective.
Joined by producer Kang Hye-jung on the film’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders International awards-season event, he talked about why he chose to chronicle this specific moment by explaining the politics leading up to the events in the narrative feature film that stars Kim Yoon-seok, Huh Joon-ho, Zo In-sung, Koo Kyo-hwan, Jeong Man-sik and Kim
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