Movie: Children Gone to Poland

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Chu Sang-mi
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Herself

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    Tracing the footsteps of North Korean orphans who went to Poland during the Korean War, two women, one from the North and the other from the South, bond through the solidarity of wound and forge together a path toward healing.

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    2018-10-31

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    한국어/조선말
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