The read
Critics rate it 38 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
Interweaving footage from the director’s three visits to North Korea with songs, spectacle, popular cinema and archival footage, Songs from the North takes a different look at this enigmatic country typically seen through the distorted lens of jingoistic propaganda and derisive satire. Challenging the meaning of freedom, love, patriotism and ultimately the human condition, it tries to understand, on their own terms, the psychology and popular imaginary of the North Korean people and the political ideology of absolute love which continues to drive the nation towards its uncertain future.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 38 points higher than audiences do.
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Soon-Mi YooDirector
- Soon-Mi YooWriter
Themes
woman director