The Man Standing Next

It is the 1970s and President Park rules South Korea with an iron fist, ably and forcefully abetted by the KCIA. However, his reign of terror begins to crumble when a former KCIA director seeks exile in the US. It falls to the current KCIA director to defuse the mounting tensions. A political thriller that deftly unpicks the complexities of a real event. (Fribourg International Film Festival)