Album cover

Under the Sun

Documentary
110 mins
7.3
2015

Description

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.

Casts:

Lee Zin-Mi
Yu-Yong
Hye-Yong
Oh-Gyong
Choi Song-min
Lim Soo-Yong
Su-Yong
Kim Jong-un

Trailer

You may also like