분단영화의 또 다른 경향, 남북협력영화의 특징과 의미: <모가디슈>를 중심으로

Abstract

The inter-Korean cooperation film is a new tendency of the Korean Division film, which deals with North Korea as a partner for cooperation. This changed perspective on North Korea is closely related to persistent efforts of South Korean government's friendly policy toward North Korea and changes of Korean citizen's perception toward North Korea as well. Escape from Mogadishu (2021) is one of the Inter-Korean cooperation films, based on the true story that diplomats from North Korea and South Korea become trapped as civil war rages in Mogadishu, Somalia. Story is about that South and North Korean diplomats cooperate to escape from Mogadishu. The most significant shift of this film is to treat North Korea as a rival and partner. This means, from an political standpoint, the relationship between South and North Korea is moving from hostile manner toward companion status. This article aims to study how Escape from Mogadishu creates and frames metaphor, “South and North Korea are partners for cooperation” in an emotional way, how to overcome distrust and hostility toward each other to achieve a common goal in the film and the meaning of this film using concept of Benedict Anderson's “Imagined communities”.