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.
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Documentary
6.6
The Propaganda Game
Documentary
7.0
Footlight Parade
Comedy, Music
6.9
The Mobfathers
Crime, Drama
6.0
Bill Hicks: Revelations
Comedy
8.0
Hush
Drama, Thriller
5.7
Into the Inferno
Documentary
7.0
My Scientology Movie
Documentary
6.6
Gantz
Horror, Action, Science Fiction
6.6
The Dark Valley
Drama, Thriller
7.1
Tampopo
Comedy
7.8
Blackfish
Documentary
7.8
The Wailing
Horror, Mystery
7.4
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
Horror
5.2
Lucky Number Slevin
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
7.5
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Comedy, Crime
7.3
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
Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Crime
6.4