Under the Sun(2015)

Name: Under the Sun
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-10-30
Rating: 7.2

Im Strahl der Sonne

7.2(127)1h 50m2015-10-30

Documentary

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.

Director:: Vitaly Mansky
Writers:: Vitaly Mansky, Vitaly Mansky
Producers:: Natalia Manskaya, Vít Klusák
Cinematographer:: Alexandra Ivanova
Composer:: Kārlis Auzāns
Production:: Hypermarket Film, Saxonia Entertainment, Česká televize, Vertov Studio, Vertov
Status:: Released