In 1970s South Korea| actor Choi Eun-hee and her ex-husband| film director Shin Sang-ok| were divorced| estranged and both struggling with stalled careers.
Unfortunately| both their lives seemed changed forever when they were individually kidnapped in 1978 by their biggest fan| Kim Jong-il| despot of North Korea. With
persuasion and brute force| the movie obsessed Kim planned to use them to develop the Hermit Kingdom's film industry and get it out of its mindless propaganda
mentality. Through the words of Choi| their family| associates and US intelligence personnel| you will follow the bizarre slavery of this couple even as they
rediscover their love and secretly gather evidence of the dictator's crimes. All they while| they struggle to play along with the world's most dangerous film geek as
they desperately plan for their escape.