The documentary film "Under the Sun" (2015), directed by Vitas Mansky and co-produced by Russia, the Czech Republic and other countries, is based on a girl who "just joined the Young Pioneers", Zhenmei, under the supervision and leadership of the North Korean government. a "documentary". The film comes from two cameras, one is a "bright camera" controlled by the North Korean government, and the other is a "dark camera" hidden by foreign directors.
This is a "documentary" that requires a lot of patience to watch. The bullshit of the fake footage on the front makes you want to give up at any time, and the curiosity about the slightly more realistic dark footage pushes you to watch it hard. Although it was filmed by a country that is relatively friendly to North Korea, the director has no autonomy over what to film.
Thanks to that hidden camera, the rehearsal process was filmed, how to assign roles, memorize lines, practice walking, and guide on the spot. The real director hides behind the curtain, under the table. Take the lead or group acting for a segment, and then ask the "director" what to say next. Every actor is a puppet, and everyone is acting. The same person, in this scene, is a female worker in a garment factory, and in the next scene, she becomes the workshop director of a dairy factory. In order to fully display the proud face of Korea, Zhenmei was deliberately arranged to go to the dance training ground, the Korean War heroic deeds report, and various commemorative activities, while another girl was specially arranged to be "sprained" during the rehearsal program and lived in A hospital where only one patient was seen.
Under the guidance of the North Korean director, "Dad" said earnestly to his "daughter" Jinmi at the dinner table: "Kimchi is the national quintessence of our North Korea. Eating 100 grams of kimchi and drinking 70cc of kimchi soup every day can get all the vitamins the body needs. , it can also prevent cancer." No one dared to let go of the sumptuous "family meal" during the filming. Jin Mi, who was still a child, couldn't help but want to eat it out of instinct, but was stopped by the North Korean director. In the end, it's probably left to the leaders.
The best actor was the little girl who fell asleep listening to the story of the battle. She played it in her true colors, without any pretense.
Zhenmei is a beautiful, intelligent girl with a little simplicity. She was exhausted physically and mentally by the continuous acting, and she almost collapsed in the end. On the stage, she passionately praised the three generations of the Jin family, but she boredly played with her red scarf off the stage, and even dipped her saliva on the scarf. At the end of the film, during the filming process, the North Korean director made her happy. Thinking about the happy things she had experienced, she replied "no happy things". The North Korean director inspired her again, thinking about beautiful poetry, and she recited her vow to join the Young Pioneers, but ultimately failed to cheer herself up.
People, rich or poor, healthy or disabled, freedom is the most precious thing. In a state established in such a prison, people live their whole lives in lies and ignorance, which is the most unfortunate. Maybe a homeless man in Africa is luckier than them too.
Numb expressions, mechanical movements, insincere compliments, fear in the air, outdated and old-fashioned buses running on the spacious streets, children who couldn't wait to pick up waste paper and cigarette boxes in the trash can right after the performance... DPRK's Existence, maybe God made a big joke with the 20th century.
Is this a documentary? It's definitely a story!
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