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В лучах Солнца (V luchakh solnca) (Under the Sun)

Vitaly Mansky
106' / 2015 / Czech Republic, Germany, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Russian Federation
Web: http://deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/under-the-sun/
Korean
English and spanish subtitled

Audience vote 8.01

This is a film about the ideal life in an ideal country - North Korea. We see a girl in an ideal school, the daughter of ideal parents, working at ideal factories, living in an ideal apartment in the center of the capital. We can see how much effort the North Korean people have to undertake to make this ideal world work. The girl is being prepared to enter the children’s union to be a part of the ideal society, living in the eternal rays of the sun, the symbol of the great leader of the people, Kim Il-sung.

Director's Biography

Born 1963 in Lvov / Ukraine. He graduated from VGIK, Medinsky´s studio and became one of the most acclaimed contemporary Russian documentary filmmakers and producers. His first work in the world of cinematography appeared in 1989, and since that time he has shot more than 30 films which screened at festivals worldwide and were awarded several times.
Since 1996 Mansky has been working for various TV channels in Russia, popularising documentary cinema on TV.
In 1996 he also started a project that aims at archiving amateur private video files that were shot in the times of the former USSR from 30’s till 90’s of the ХХth century.
He is the producer of the national award LAVROVAYA VETV (Laurel Branch) which is awarded for the best Russian documentary films. He is the president of the annual Moscow Documentary Film Festival ARTDOKFEST. He is still collaborating with various studios and television channels in Russia and abroad as an independent producer.
Moved to Latvia in 2015.