How to survive in North Korea? The survival record of a girl who could never defect to North Korea
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- čas přidán 28. 12. 2023
- Pyongyang is a city with a population of more than three million. Before director Mansky came to Pyongyang to shoot this documentary at the request of the North Korean government, no foreign director had ever had the opportunity to witness the daily life of ordinary people in this city.
In 2012, the first year after the death of former leader Kim Jong Il, in order to celebrate the "Sun Festival" commemorating the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Un, who had just come to power, tried to show the positive side of North Korea to the outside world and invited Russian director Mansky to film A documentary about an ordinary family in Pyongyang. North Koreans had no doubts about the director's motives or even his political stance.
In order to gain trust, Mansky ostensibly accepted all the demands of the North Korean government and filmed the "happy life" of North Koreans according to the script. However, he secretly recorded a large number of plots that were not allowed to be filmed, including officials directing every shot. Guide the process of each line.
These behind-the-scenes shots, together with the "feature film", show a North Korea that is both real and fake. People on the outside can still distinguish between reality and illusion, but North Koreans seem to be trapped in it and unable to escape.