Synopsis

Documentary filmmaker Pieter Fleury secured permission after months of negotiation to film in North Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is typically understood as a pariah state, possessing a clandestine nuclear weapons program and governed by the Stalinist regime of Kim Jong-il, an adversary of the West. Unusually, Fleury was granted access to film aspects of daily life: family, work, and everyday routines. Despite the watchful eye of the censors, he crafted an unprecedented portra