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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Lee Zin-Mi, Yu-Yong, Hye-Yong, Oh-Gyong, Choi Song-min, Lim Soo-Yong
Crew: Andrey Paperny (Editor), Kārlis Auzāns (Music), Evgeniya Lachina (Sound), Anrijs Krenbergs (Sound), Natalia Manskaya (Producer), Simone Baumann (Producer)
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Russia
Language: Deutsch, 한국어/조선말, Pусский
Studio: Hypermarket Film, Saxonia Entertainment, Česká televize, Vertov Studio, Studio Vertov
Runtime: 110 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 30, 2015
IMDb: 3.7
