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.
Under the Sun has generally received positive reviews.
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Under the Sun was released in 2015 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 36 reviews, giving Under the Sun (2015) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 74%.
With a score of 72%, Under the Sun is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2015, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2015 with similar scores include films like It Follows, Furious 7 and The Peanuts Movie.
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