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For The Dear Leader

2025 · 19 min

A quiet coastal discovery curdles into quiet dread, unfolding with the patient unease of a true-crime snapshot.

Directed by
Tom Green
Tagline
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.
Overview
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.
How it feels
Tense, dark, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Crime, deception, isolation, death
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Directed by
Tom Green
Written by
Tom Green
Starring
Matthew Higgs, Sabrina Rault, David Margetts, Tim Barrot, Jordan Mcdonell, tommy le
Runtime
19 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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