Under the Sun

Under the Sun

2015 de 110 minutes

Rating: 7.176

Plot

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.

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Cast

Lee Zin-Mi

Lee Zin-Mi

Herself

Yu-Yong

Yu-Yong

Herself, Zin-Min's schoolmate

Hye-Yong

Hye-Yong

Herself, Zin-Min's schoolmate

Oh-Gyong

Oh-Gyong

Herself, Zin-Min's schoolmate

Choi Song-min

Choi Song-min

Herself

Lim Soo-Yong

Lim Soo-Yong

Herself

Su-Yong

Su-Yong

Herself

Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un

Himself (archive footage)

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