This is a documentary made by Danish journalist Mads Brügger. Under the pretense of a cultural exchange, Brügger brings two Danish-Korean comedians, Jacob and Simon, to North Korea to perform a vaudeville comedy show. They tell the dictatorship government that they are a pro-socialist group called The Red Chapel. However, the real intention of the visit is to explore and expose the closed society of the country. Every night the footage that is shot must be reviewed by official censors but since Jacob is physically handicapped, he is able to get away with saying things about this society that cannot translated and understood by the North Koreans. This film gives a glimpse into a tyrannical nation that is both funny and terrifying.
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