Synopsis
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.
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Festival History
- Telluride Film Festival 2019 generic - Guest Director's Selections (presented by Pico Iyer)
- Seattle International Film Festival 2016 generic
- Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2015 generic - Between the Seas Award ★ Best Central and Eastern European Documentary
Identifiers & sources
| IMDb | tt5129818 |
| TMDB | 369769 |
