A North Korean Romantic Comedy? Yes

“This unusual movie is in the feel-good style of a Doris Day-Rock Hudson picture, only in this case ‘Rock’ is a circus acrobat, swooning at the sight of ‘Doris’ hauling coal and mixing cement. To Westerners, this is bound to sound like a cheesy product of the Hermit Kingdom’s propaganda machine. But North Koreans have never seen a film like this.”