For The Dear Leader
For the Dear Leader is a short film based on the Pong Su incident of 2003, where North Koreans attempted to smuggle heroin into Australia from a Cargo ship known as Pong Su.
On a quiet beach just outside the coastal town of Lorne, surfer Craig makes a chilling discovery: a significant stash of heroin and a concealed corpse.
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On a quiet beach just outside the coastal town of Lorne, surfer Craig makes a chilling discovery: a significant stash of heroin and a concealed corpse.
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- Budget
- $10,000
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- Release date
- Mar 12, 2025
- Runtime
- 0h 19m
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- Language
- English
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