Under the Sun

Under the Sun

2015 · Movie · 1h 50m

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.

Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
81/100
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propagandacommunist propagandanorth korea