Under The Sun

2DORCS12
Director:Vitalij Manskij
Premiere:29. September 2016
Length:106 minutes
Genre:Document

Under The Sun

Under The Sun; Vitalij Manskij, 106´, 2015, OV (kór) + ST (cz; Vitalij Manskij, 2015, versions: OR,CS,

Director: Vitalij Manskij • Scenario: Vitalij Manskij • Camera: Alexandra Ivanova

North Korean girl Zin-mi is getting ready to celebrate the anniversary of supreme leader Kim Jong Il. Acclaimed Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky obtains permission to film her entire family, but only according to a carefully prepared script, so as not to disrupt the image of a happy life. However, the film turns out in complete contradiction to the propaganda. The filmmakers let the camera run as the scenes were being pre-arranged by the North Korean "directors". Or they focused the camera at small, telling details that/* the masters of manipulation let slip. Shots that should never have happened were artfully inserted into the story of a seemingly happy life in a modern-day Potemkin village.

Length: 106 min

Year: 2015
Local premiere date: 29. September 2016

Country of origin:

  • Russian Federation
  • Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of
  • Latvia
  • Germany
  • Czech Republic

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS - Czech subtitles

Director: Vitalij Manskij • Scenario: Vitalij Manskij • Camera: Alexandra Ivanova

North Korean girl Zin-mi is getting ready to celebrate the anniversary of supreme leader Kim Jong Il. Acclaimed Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky obtains permission to film her entire family, but only according to a carefully prepared script, so as not to disrupt the image of a happy life. However, the film turns out in complete contradiction to the propaganda. The filmmakers let the camera run as the scenes were being pre-arranged by the North Korean "directors". Or they focused the camera at small, telling details that/* the masters of manipulation let slip. Shots that should never have happened were artfully inserted into the story of a seemingly happy life in a modern-day Potemkin village.

Year: 2015
Local premiere date: 29. September 2016

Country of origin:

  • Russian Federation
  • Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of
  • Latvia
  • Germany
  • Czech Republic

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS - Czech subtitles