The Propaganda Game

The Propaganda Game (2015)

North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is one of the largest sources of instability as regards world peace. It also has the most militarized border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.

Date of release
2015-10-03
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (154)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Álvaro Longoria

Casting

Interesting facts

The Propaganda Game is a 2015 documentary film about North Korea by director Álvaro Longoria.

Production

Longoria was permitted to film high-quality footage within the country, his visit facilitated and monitored by Alejandro Cao de Benós, the Spanish founder of the Korean Friendship Association who himself becomes a subject of the documentary.

Longoria shot mainly in Pyongyang, including the Pyongyang Metro, the Munsu Water Park, the Mansudae Grand Monument and a mass in the Changchung Cathedral.

There are also scenes in Panmunjom in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Longoria told Variety that he had deliberately avoided "the typical moving handheld secret look at North Korea", and that he undertook, in the film's striking opening sequence, "to use 'propaganda' aesthetics" and "to shoot North Korea in a way that hasn’t been shown before: as beautiful as possible", with attention to Pyongyang residents enjoying leisurely activities in their city.

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