For years, Stoehr's family didn't have a phone, a car or electricity,
so says Boyd Huppert, a Minneapolis NBC KARE-TV reporter who first
told the unusual story of Stoehr's late-life fascination with technology.
While other famous South Korean directors have headed to Hollywood to solidify their international reputations, Hong chose a different form of cinematic fusion,
bringing French actress Isabelle Huppert to Korea for In Another Country(2012),
a delightful slice of rural life punctuated with cigarette smoke and uncomfortable conversations.