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Pyongyang Diaries (1998)

Name: Pyongyang Diaries
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-01-18T10:05:28+01:00
Cast: Solrun Hoaas

Documentary | 71 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 71 minuten

Country: Australia

Directed by: Solrun Hoaas

Stars: Solrun Hoaas

Releasedate: 18 February 1998

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Pyongyang Diaries plot

In 'Pyongyang Diaries' the Australian director Solrun Hoaas gives a personal account of his acquaintance with communist North Korea, which he visited twice. The filmmaker first took part in the fourth Pyongyang Film Festival in 1994, just three months after the death of leader Kim Il Sung. Two years later, he reconsidered this closed society: as a guest of the festival and as a tourist. Between the hammer and sickle on the North Korean flag is a writer's brush, which is supposed to symbolize the importance of the arts in society. Indeed, successor Kim Jong Il owes his leadership image largely to artists. The cult of personality of the North Korean leaders and bombastic monuments to suggest progress, however, are in stark contrast to the great famine in the country. 'Pyongyang Diaries' explores the life behind this facade.