ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU

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By Seung-Wan RYOO

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Action/Adventure - Completed 2021

In 1991 in Mogadishu, Somalia, in a country engulfed in civil war, diplomats trapped in both the North Korean and South Korean embassies risk their lives and embark on a joint escape.

Festivals
& Awards

Buil Film Awards 2021
Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Supporting Actor, Popularity Star Award
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2021
Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Ten Best Films of the Year
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2021
Best Film , Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Art Direction
Baeksang Arts Awards 2022
Grand Prize, Best Film, Technical Award
Udine Far East Film Festival 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Action/Adventure, Drama
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • KOREAN
    • Duration
    • 121 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Seung-Wan RYOO
    • Synopsis
    • In the late 1980s, at the height of the Cold War, a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea breaks out on the African continent over the latter’s campaign to join the United Nations. In 1991, three years after the opening of a South Korean embassy, Somalia’s capital Mogadishu is engulfed in civil war, leaving the South Korean diplomats trapped. The North Korean embassy faces the same situation. Diplomats of the two nations, who in the outside world are sworn enemies, become targets of both Somali government forces and rebels in the chaos of the civil war. Risking their lives, they embark on a joint escape.