Under the Sun

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.

Cast

L

Lee Zin-mi

Herself

Y

Yu-yong

Herself

H

Hye-yong

Herself

O

Oh-gyong

Herself

L

Lim Soo-yong

Herself

C

Choi Song-min

Herself

S

Su-yong

Herself

Kim Jong-un

Himself

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