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.
The Propaganda Game
Documentary
7.0
Into the Inferno
Documentary
7.0
The God of Cookery
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
7.2
Footlight Parade
Comedy, Music
6.9
The Mobfathers
Crime, Drama
6.0
No Fire Zone: In the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka
Documentary, War
10.0
Hush
Drama, Thriller
5.7
Life Itself
Documentary
7.5
Win It All
Comedy
5.7
The Dark Valley
Drama, Thriller
7.0
Letters from Iwo Jima
Action, Drama, War
7.5
Tron
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
6.6
The Wailing
Horror, Mystery
7.4
Swiss Army Man
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Adventure
6.9
The Hunt
Drama
8.1
[REC]
Horror, Mystery
7.2
The Girl on the Train
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.4
Collateral Beauty
Drama, Romance
7.2
The Good Dinosaur
Adventure, Animation, Family
6.7
Fargo
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
The Lovers and the Despot
Documentary, History
6.9
Julius Fučík
Documentary, History
0.0
Nanking
Documentary
0.0
Land Without Bread
Documentary
7.0
North Korea: Dark Secrets
Documentary, History
8.0
Ducktators
Documentary
0.0
Hitler Lives
Documentary
5.1
A State of Mind
Documentary, Music
7.7
North Korea's Secret Slaves: Dollar Heroes
Documentary, Drama
0.0
Steel Town
Documentary
0.0
Vítězný lid
Documentary
0.0
Crossing the Line
Documentary
7.2
The Silent Village
Documentary, Drama, History, War
6.8
Stalin: Man of Steel
Documentary, History
0.0
In einer chinesischen Stadt
Documentary
0.0
Victory Through Air Power
Animation, War, Documentary
5.7
Seeds of Destiny
Documentary, War
6.5
90 Seconds in North Korea
Documentary
7.0
I Am Sun Mu
Animation, Documentary
6.6
Animated Soviet Propaganda
Documentary, Animation
3.0