Under the Sun (2015)
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: Vitaly Mansky
http://deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/under-the-sun/
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Lee Zin-mi as Herself |
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Yu-yong as Herself |
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Hye-yong as Herself |
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Oh-gyong as Herself |
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Lim Soo-yong as Herself |
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Choi Song-min as Herself |
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Su-yong as Herself |
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Kim Jong-un as Himself |
| Sound | Evgeniya Lachina | Sound |
| Editing | Andrey Paperny | Editor |
| Production | Natalia Manskaya | Producer |
| Sound | Anrijs Krenbergs | Sound |
| Production | Vít Klusák | Producer |
| Writing | Vitaly Mansky | Writer |
| Directing | Vitaly Mansky | Director |
| Camera | Alexandra Ivanova | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Vitaly Mansky | Idea |
| Production | Simone Baumann | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Kārlis Auzāns | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Filip Remunda | Co-Producer |
| Production | Petr Kubica | Co-Producer |