MovieReleasedDocumentary
Under the Sun
Rating7.2/10
Release2015
Runtime1h 50m
Votes123
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.
Original Language
de
Release Date
October 30, 2015
Popularity
0
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Production Companies
Hypermarket Film
SA
Saxonia Entertainment
Česká televize
VE
Vertov Studio
VE
Vertov
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