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Under the Sun (2015)
Directed by Vitaly Mansky
Documentary · 1h 50m
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.
Cast
Kim Jong-un
Crew
- Director
- Vitaly Mansky
- Writer
- Vitaly Mansky
- Director of Photography
- Alexandra Ivanova
- Original Music Composer
- Kārlis Auzāns
- Editor
- Andrey Paperny
- Producer
- Natalia Manskaya, Vít Klusák
Details
- Original title
- Im Strahl der Sonne
- Release date
- 2015-10-30
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- Korean, German, Russian
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Russia
- Production
- Hypermarket Film, Saxonia Entertainment, Česká televize, Vertov Studio, Vertov