Eunmi, a South Korean woman who grew up with an intense anti-communist education, lives a placid life in America. Her life changes, however, after a vacation to North Korea inspires her to write a book about her tourist experiences and hopes for unification. She travels to South Korea for a promotional book tour, where she's suddenly accused of having a communist agenda and spreading propaganda. A media circus, public outrage and threats of violence erupt all around her. A dramatic story about a civilian's right to free speech versus an entire country's national security law, To Kill Alice documents Eunmi's turbulent promotional tour as her intended message gets radically reinterpreted. But are Eunmi's book and public speeches delivered with good intentions? Or are they a calculated political ploy to sway South Koreans' collective memory and insult their complicated history? Director Sangkyu Kim captures the unbelievable drama as it unfolds, as hype twists into hypocrisy and debate turns into hate. Angie Driscoll
Co-presented with Toronto Korean Film Festival.