Under the Sun (2015)

110 min · Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Russia · Dir. Vitaly Mansky

Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.

Cast

Lee Zin-mi

Herself

Yu-yong

Herself

Hye-yong

Herself

Oh-gyong

Herself

Lim Soo-yong

Herself

Choi Song-min

Herself

Su-yong

Herself

Kim Jong-un

Himself

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