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Pyonyang Robogirl

Forum of Independents 2002 / Pyonyang Robogirl / Finland 2002

Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The traffic police employ the most beautiful women in the world, among them “Pyongyang Robogirl”!

Synopsis

Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The traffic police employ the most beautiful women in the world, among them “Pyongyang Robogirl”!

About the film

4 min / Black & white, 35 mm

Director Jouni Hokkkanen, Simojukka Ruippo / Screenplay Jouni Hokkanen / Dir. of Photography Simojukka Ruippo / Music Ari Leppä / Editor Jouni Koponen / Producer Hannu Karisto / Production YLE Teema

About the director

Jouni Hokkanen (b. 1964) is a critic, journalist, radio documentarist and programmer for the Helsinki Film Festival. He specialiSes in Asian cinema. Simojukka Ruippo (1964) is a baggage handler at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. Pyongyang Robogirl is their first film.