Under the Sun

Name: Under the Sun
Director: Vitaly Mansky
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-10-30
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 7.164
Cast: Lee Zin-mi, Yu-yong, Hye-yong, Oh-gyong, Lim Soo-yong

Directed by Vitaly Mansky

Documentary

20151h 50m7.2

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.