North Korea - Faces of an Alienated Country

Life in North Korea still holds many secrets. How do people live in this country that is cut off from the rest of the world? We take you on a fascinating tour de force through gyms, riding clubs, water parks, schools, and sports academies. With first-hand experiences and non-staged scenes of everyday life, this documentary shows that sport really is a uniting force and paints a picture of North Korea beyond common clichés.

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[llindsey]

You ever think about the complete randomness of where you could have been born in this world?

[ricksantos]

A fish that grew in an aquarium does not understand the sea.

[quinndilen]

The kindergarten orchestra is wildly impressive yet unsettling. I really hope those children find happiness ❤️

[Luwoo]

The hair salon with the 18 haircuts to choose from… it’s like the Sims but you never bought any DLCs.

[Dbrusse]

"Finally they permit us to talk to a (volleyball) player", the guy looks like a government official

[torresp]

the guy was so brainwashed that when they ask him about tennis he can only think about ''defeating the Americans''

[Qeisama]

Vacation to other country: Landmarks, Restaurants, Parks

Vacation to North Korea:
Hair Salon, Kindergarten, Clubs

This is truly a Truman Show.

[LombardItv_]

I’m 25 right now but i hope i live to see the day it changes over there if ever. It’ll be mind blowing to see them realize what the outside world is like

[susansimon]

It still amazes me that one man can have that much control over the minds of 25M people.

[corringtongopro]

Fear and fatigue betray their own smiles

[kimcissell]

If a foreigner came to visit us, we wouldn't show them a beauty salon, a soccer school, or a horse riding ring. We would take them to a beautiful national park, a fun restaurant, introduce them all around. By what the North Korean escorts show the film crew (or don't show!) they have revealed more than they realize.

[diane]

Their obsession with America is at first rather comical...but then tragic. I think the ordinary citizen of Pyonyang would be stunned to find out how infrequently we even think about them, much less plot against them. I hope someday these people - especially the very poor and hungry ones - can have peace in their hearts and delicious food in their bellies.🌷🌸🌷

[saino]

It's like living in one enormous penitentiary, complete with first-class sections, second-class sections, and lower-class sections, with everybody saying and doing whatever it takes to move up the ladder.

[MidCoastAdventures]

11:37 Now there's one controlled kid, horrified to say anything deemed wrong, and watched like a hawk by those around him. What an existence!

[lethalmantis]

Every time I see documentaries about North Korea it feels like I'm looking at a country in a parallel universe. It's really insane and incredible to think that these people ACTUALLY live alongside our timeline instead of in it. Much more so than any other civilization in a communistic dictatorship.

[extreme]

In every sentence they are saying "our great leader", "marshal kim", their every sentence is being controlled😭!?!??😢

[airspun]

I used to work for a Korean company. My boss was a son of a North Korean. He would tell us horror stories of how his father escaped North Korea.

[AcousticJuice]

The leftover graffiti on the trains windows from Germany is wild

[SneakyFERRiS]

It is fascinating to me that they keep allowing people to film there, even being supervised and shown only the best it’s still clear to the rest of the world how bad their situation is.

[ande]

Wow! Orwell's 1984 alive and right in your face.😮