Under the Sun (2015)
30/10/2015
Documentary
1h 50m
- 72% (110 votes)
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Overview
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.
- Vitaly ManskyDirector, Writer
Original Title
Im Strahl der Sonne
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Keywords
- propaganda
- communist propaganda
- north korea
Top Billed Cast
Lee Zin-Mi
Herself
Yu-Yong
Herself, Zin-Min's schoolmate
Hye-Yong
Herself, Zin-Min's schoolmate
Oh-Gyong
Herself, Zin-Min's schoolmate
Choi Song-min
Herself
Lim Soo-Yong
Herself
Su-Yong
Herself
Kim Jong-un
Himself (archive footage)
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