# Under the Sun (2015) — on MUBI?

- **Director:** Vitaly Mansky
- **Cast:** Lee Zin-mi, Yu-yong, Hye-yong, Oh-gyong, Lim Soo-yong
- **Genres:** Documentary
- **Runtime:** 105 min
- **MUBI rating:** 8.0/10 (463 ratings)

## Available on MUBI in
- 🇨🇦 Canada — until June 1
- 🇺🇸 USA — until June 1

## Also streaming on
- 🇯🇵 Japan: Amazon Prime Video

## 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.

Watch on MUBI: https://mubi.com/films/under-the-sun-2015-vitaly-mansky

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