Vitali MANSKY
Виталий МАНСКИЙ
Vitali MANSKI
Czech Republic / Russia / Germany / North Korea / Latvia, 2015, 106mn 
documentary
Under the Sun
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В лучах солнца

 

 Sous les rayons du soleil

 V luchakh solntsa

 
Directed by : Vitali MANSKY (Виталий МАНСКИЙ)
Writing credits : Vitali MANSKY (Виталий МАНСКИЙ)
Cinematography : Aleksandra IVANOVA (Александра ИВАНОВА)
 
Sites : Allociné, www.imdb.com/title/tt5129818/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0.IMDb
Awards :
Event of the Year Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
Best documentary "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2017
Plot synopsis
North Korean girl Zin-mi is getting ready to celebrate the anniversary of supreme leader Kim Jong Il. Acclaimed Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky obtains permission to film her entire family, but only according to a carefully prepared script, so as not to disrupt the image of a happy life. However, the film turns out in complete contradiction to the propaganda. The filmmakers let the camera run as the scenes were being pre-arranged by the North Korean "directors". Or they focused the camera at small, telling details that/* the masters of manipulation let slip. Shots that should never have happened were artfully inserted into the story of a seemingly happy life in a modern-day Potemkin village.
http://www.oneworld.cz/2016/films-a-z/30789-under-the-sun
 
Commentaries and bibliography
Sous les rayons du soleil (В лучах солнца) [2015, de Vitali Manski] Les coulisses poisseuses de la Corée du Nord, Emmanuel GRYNSZPAN, grincine.blogspot.com, 2016
Sous les rayons du soleil, un film documentaire du Russe Vitaly Manski, Muriel POMPONNE, rfi.fr, 2016
Vitalii Manskii: Under the Sun (V luchakh solntsa, Russia, DPRK, Germany, Czech Republic, Latvia, 2015), Jeremy HICKS, Kinokultura, 2016
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Montreal International Documentary Festival : RIDM, Montreal (Canada), 2021
- International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2017
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Hot Docs. Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto (Canada), 2016
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2016
- "Jeden Svët" International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World, Prague (Czech Republic), 2016
- Europe around Europe, Paris (France), 2016
- Nyon International Documentary Film Festival "Visions du réel", Nyon (Switzerland), 2016
- Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul (Turkey), 2016
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), 2016
- Seattle International Film Festival : SIFF, Seattle (USA), 2016
- San Francisco International Film Festival, San Francisco (USA), 2016
- International Leipzig Festival for documentary and animated film, Leipzig (Germany), 2015
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