DVD TRACES OF LIFE Movie from North Korea DPRK English

This is the famous North Korean movie TRACES OF LIFE which is SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH and is a digital copy in DVD Region Free format. Playable on all DVD players worldwide.

Traces of Life is 2 hours long and is one of the best North Korean movies ever made!

This film is about the lives of a country girl and her friends who lose their husbands in a naval clash as they come to the aid of North Korean fishing boats that have come under fire from U.S. warships near the DMZ.  The widows struggle in their own ways not to disgrace the name of their hero husbands after they are left widowed.

The movie flashes back to when the beautiful country girl is first hit on by the naval officer who will become her future husband.  The officer is on a 3 week vacation and his commander has ordered him to make sure that he comes back to the island navy base with a bride. On the last day of his vacation, in response to his pleas, the girl's father asks her to go with the officer to his base. They get married, have a son, and posthumously, a daughter.

Upon the death of her husband, she begins to reflect on her past life with him, how she enjoyed love and the "good life" and how her life to date has really been devoid of any meaningful contribution to the society. Thus, spurning the generous offers of welfare from The Party (to which she is entitled because she and her children are families of a fallen hero), she decides to pursue a different life with the purpose of leaving some good "traces" of her life behind. She chooses to join a collective farm doing the same hard farming work as the rest of the communal members.

As is typical of almost all North Korean movies, there is a strong propaganda element throughout, the objective being to teach people not to think about themselves but to do what is best for society.  In following this new line of thought with much dedication and hard work, and avoiding temptations (such as remarrying at a young age), she succeeds in what is deemed important in North Korean society in both work, (rising to a position of a high level manager supervising other widows of heroes on the collective farm) and in her family life (her son grows up to be a handsome boy wanting to follow in his father's footsteps defending the fatherland). She gives a memorable speech at the National Convention of Heroes to which she has been invited, and earns the highest esteem from her peers and The Party!  Also, lots of military shots, including the usual suicide attack against the enemy.

The main actress is a famous People's Artist from North Korea. This is an excellent movie with hauntingly beautiful theme music and scenery.  As usual, the kids in the movie are really cute.

BONUS: All buyers will receive a BONUS CD containing SPECTACULAR North Korean propaganda videos and music!!