Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Rob Cannan and Ross Adam’s The Lovers And The Despot (a dictator with absolute power),a documentary that tells the true story behind the kidnappings of a celebrated South Korean actress and her director ex-husband by late North Korean dictator and film enthusiast Kim Jong-il, who made them his personal filmmakers.
The pic bowed this week at the Sundance Film Festival and will regain a theatrical release this year after it plays in Berlin, and where Magnolia…
Source: deadline.com