The Other Side of the Mountain (2012)
72% User Rating
1h 43min
During the Korean War, a young nurse in the small town of Chunamri, North Korea, saves a wounded South Korean soldier who has been left behind during battle. Brought together by the unfortunate circumstance of war, theirs is a fateful meeting. His identity is unknown to her until he must return to South Korea. With the promise to return, the nurse waits a lifetime for him.
Jang Hak-inDirector
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Marcos Gonzalez Pardo
Rating 80%
September 25, 2016
I rate this movie a 10 out of 10 because it is (in my humble opinion) an awesome achievement.
This is a movie made by a Korean-American philanthropist, entirely made IN and WITH North Korea.
Imagine making a period war movie today in North Korea, where they barely have enough food to eat. There are no special effects in this movie. Everything you see is real. The have no squibs or CGI, or breakaway glass, the bullet hits and bomb blasts are real explosions.
Yes the story was obviously tampered with by one or another of the Kim Jongs but that made it only more interesting to my eyes, the deliberate propaganda is easy to see through and all the more telling as a result.
If you watch this movie with this in mind, I guarantee you an eye-popping experience.
– Jeffery Lando from Vancouver, Canada
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