Love, cinema, espionage, North Korea, a crazy film-loving dictator - an incredible cocktail that could form the basis of an implausible action movie, but which happened in reality. Paul Fisher's non-fiction novel is the extraordinary and true story of North Korea and the most daring kidnapping of the century. Kim Jong Il, the son of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and the number two in the state, was literally obsessed with cinema. Before taking his father's place at the head of the country, he was in charge of the North Korean film industry. Kim Jr. loved Hollywood cinema and had a special weakness for historical blockbusters with Elizabeth Taylor and Bond films with Sean Connery. But Kim Jong Il's love for cinema extended much further. He dreamed of making films himself, so that the North Korean film industry would put Hollywood in its belt once and for all. But who will make this movie and who will act in it? Kim Jong Il quickly found a way out. Just nearby, in South Korea, the film industry was gaining momentum with all its might, it had long gone beyond national boundaries, and it was just a matter of small things - to kidnap the main star and the main director...