Never Ending Peace and Love (2003)
Overview
"Never Ending Peace and Love" (or "N.E.P.A.L.") is part of the South Korean omnibus film "If You Were Me" (2003). Comprising six short films directed by six prominent Korean directors and commissioned by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, "If You Were Me" deals with discrimination in the country. The directors were given free rein with regards to subject and style. Park Chan-wook's short tackles the theme of human rights abuses towards foreign laborers in Korea, telling the sory of a Nepalese woman named Chandra who spent six years in a mental hospital after she was mistakenly accused of losing her mind.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ko |
| Popularity | 0.091 |
Directed By
Park Chan-wook
Crew
Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook
Choi Jae-geun
Lee Tae-hun
Lee Ja-young
Lee Sang-wook
Song Jong-hee
Kim Byeong-il
Lee Seong-hwan
Kim Bong-soo
Cho Young-wuk
TOP CAST
Chandra Kumari Gurung
herself
Lama Kanchan Maya
Chandra Kumari Gurung
K.P. Sitoura
Nepalese Businessman
Oh Dal-su
Police Box (Chief)
Jeong Seok-kyu
Senior Police Officer
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