Under the Sun (2015)
- Original title
- Im Strahl der Sonne
- Directed by
- Vitaly Mansky
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- North Korea, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Latvia
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 127 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary crew follows a young girl and her family in Pyongyang over the course of a year as she prepares for a state ceremony. The film shows both the official version of life and the reality hidden behind staged scenes.
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What happens
Under the Sun (Russian: В лучах солнца, romanized: V luchakh solntsa; Korean: 태양 아래, romanized: Taeyang Alae) is a 2015 documentary film directed by Vitaly Mansky. It depicts a year in the life of a family in Pyongyang, North Korea, as their daughter, Zin-mi, prepares to join the Korean Children's Union on the Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong Il's birthday). North Korea permitted only Mansky, cinematographer Alexandra Ivanova, and a sound assistant to visit the country. After discovering that the crew had smuggled unapproved footage out of the country and included it in the finished film, North Korean authorities objected to the film's screening. Under the Sun received mostly positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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