Under the Sun
Under the Sun

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Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in one of the famous Korean "Spartakiads". The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal, like a typical life as seen "through the looking glass".... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Under the Sun:

Lee Zin-mi
Yu-yong
Hye-yong
Oh-gyong
Lim Soo-yong
Choi Song-min

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Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in one of the famous Korean "Spartakiads". The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal, like a typical life as seen "through the looking glass".

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Reeling Reviews - 9/10 by Laura CliffordIt's extraordinary how revealing Manskiy's film is even before he begins to include behind the scenes 'outtakes'...we come away with a portrait of a brainwashed people told what to do every waking moment since their births.
PopMatters - 9/10 by Cynthia FuchsThese layers are visible especially because the film is so intently focused on Zin-mi, her fascinating face, her restrained gestures, her openness and also her caution, her obvious effort to please and her occasional and barely discernible frustration.
Salon.com - 9/10 by Andrew O'HehirThere’s a terrible wonder in this rare glimpse inside a country that has tried to empty itself of all thought, all commerce and all civil society — of pretty much everything except an especially lame version of hero worship and despotism.
Screen International - 9/10 by Wendy IdeWhat’s more unexpected is just how much Russian documentary filmmaker Vitaly Mansky is able to reveal despite, and often because of, the stringent restrictions imposed upon him.
The New Yorker - 9/10 by Richard BrodyThe vision of such severe regimentation is shocking; Zin-mi’s tears of shame and her sharply limited range of knowledge and inhibited behavior embody an outrage.
The Hollywood Reporter - 9/10 by Stephen DaltonBoth surreal and sinister, it feels like we are watching a real-life version of The Truman Show.
Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by Kenneth TuranOne of the most fascinating things about Under the Sun is the contradictory thoughts it inspires.
Brooklyn Magazine - 8/10 by Paul D'AgostinoQuite certainly one of the most bizarre and multivalent films I've ever seen.
RogerEbert.com - 8/10 by Godfrey CheshireAlthough unintentionally funny throughout, its evocation of life in a totalitarian society is ultimately chilling. The happy picture the North Koreans struggle to present implies unfathomable depths of violence to the human spirit beneath its glossy surface.
Indiewire - 8/10 by Eric KohnCommissioned as propaganda, Under the Sun instead documents life inside its grip.

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