Thien An Pham’s spellbinding feature, hailed by Variety as the most auspicious debut film at Cannes, won the festival’s coveted Camera d’Or for best first film. A young man from Saigon drives his sister-in-law’s body and his 5-year-old nephew back to their mountainside home village for a Christian burial. Along the way he confronts his past and invents his future. Played Toronto and New York festivals.
directed by
Thien An Pham
Thien An Pham
written by
Thien An Pham
Thien An Pham
with
Le Phong Vũ, Nguyễn Thị Trúc Quỳnh
Le Phong Vũ, Nguyễn Thị Trúc Quỳnh
language
Vietnamese (with English subtitles)
Vietnamese (with English subtitles)
country
Vietnam
Vietnam
distributor
Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber