Under the Sun (2016) on Netflix

Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in one of the famous Korean "Spartakiads". The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal, like a typical life as seen "through the looking glass". —anonymousnorth koreakoreantearsperformanceclassroom11 morePlot summaryAdd synopsisGenreDocumentaryCertificateNot RatedParents guideAdd content advisory