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Documentary - 2015
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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:
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Vitaly Mansky
Cast:
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Lee Zin-mi
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Yu-yong
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Hye-yong
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Oh-gyong
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Choi Song-min
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Lim Soo-yong
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Su-yong
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Kim Jong-un

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Details

Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
30 Oct 2015
Country:
CZ, DE, LV, RU
Languages:
Korean, German, Russian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
12 wins & 10 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It's a movie self-consciously framed around its own making: specifically the creation of a Korean propaganda spectacle. Mansky uses the limitations imposed on him by the government to create a kind of commentary on the genre.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
4 Aug 2016
rotten:
Both provocative and underwhelming.
– Barry Hertz,
Globe and Mail,
15 Jul 2016
fresh:
"Under The Sun" also reminds us that, their dissimilar society notwithstanding, the North Koreans are not some alien race but people like us, trying to get by the best they can.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jul 2016
fresh:
There's journalistic filmmaking, and then there's what Vitaly Mansky does in Under The Sun: a feat of truth-telling so daring that watching it makes you feel like a co-conspirator.
– Norman Wilner,
Toronto Sun,
13 Jul 2016
fresh:
Though there's something inherently satisfying about seeing propaganda de-pantsed, Mansky has something greater to offer than easy irony.
– Eric Hynes,
Village Voice,
8 Jul 2016
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