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.
Unfortunately the movie Under the Sun is not yet available on HBO Max.
Editing | Andrey Paperny | Editor |
Sound | Kārlis Auzāns | Music |
Sound | Evgeniya Lachina | Sound |
Sound | Anrijs Krenbergs | Sound |
Production | Natalia Manskaya | Producer |
Production | Simone Baumann | Producer |
Production | Filip Remunda | Producer |
Production | Vít Klusák | Producer |
Production | Petr Kubica | Producer |
Directing | Vitaly Mansky | Director |
Writing | Vitaly Mansky | Writer |
Crew | Alexandra Ivanova | Cinematography |
Camera | Alexandra Ivanova | Director of Photography |
Writing | Vitaly Mansky | Idea |