Résumés(1)
Shin Dong-Hyuk is the first person known to have been born in a North Korean prison camp as a result of a forced marriage between two political prisoners – and to have escaped alive. He is proof of the cruel and inhuman state system which has isolated itself from the rest of the world. Shin's time in captivity is illustrated by animation, without visual overkill. There is no need for the latter: filmmaker Marc Wiese has created an absorbing story around the interviews of Shin and the confessions of two guards. Shin, who grew up in a restricted community without normal human interaction, nowadays lives in South Korea and works as a human rights ambassador. However, his hopes for the future do not venture far from the prison camp, which he still regards as home.
Jonna Jauhiainen | translation by Asta Mykkänen
(DocPoint)
Critiques (1)
An incredibly rough documentary that is difficult to evaluate and even harder to talk about. It’s about a boy who was born and spent his whole life until his escapein a North Korean prisoner camp.He escaped only to find out what was beyond the camp. But now he would probably rather return there. By the way, when he was talking about the worst things he has gone through, things that we couldn’t even imagine, he didn’t shed a single tear. Watching Camp 14 is really hard, as it makes you realize the incredible pettiness of your own day-to-day life.
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