A scene in Glorious Time in Me Thao HamletVietNamNet Bridge – From May 15-29, the Institute of Cultural Exchanges with France (IDECAF) and Saigon Movies Media will screen six award-winning Vietnamese movies for free.
The six classics of Vietnamese cinema are Tuoi Tho Du Doi (Stormy Childhood), Chung Cu (Apartments), Mua Len Trau (The Buffalo Boy), Mua Oi (The Season of Guavas), Me Thao- Thoi Vang Bong (Glorious Time in Me Thao Hamlet) and Thoi Xa Vang (A Far Time Past).
All of these movies will be shown at IDECAF Cinema at 28 Le Thanh Ton, District 1, and Dong Da Cinema at 890 Tran Hung Dao, District 5, HCM City.
During the screenings, audience members will also have chances to meet the directors of the Buffalo Boy, Apartments, Glorious Time in Me Thao Hamlet and the Season of Guavas.
The screening of these movies is supported by Fonds Sud Cinema, an agency run by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs sponsoring film projects.
Notes on the films
Stormy Childhood
This was the first movie by director Nguyen Vinh Son. Produced in 1990, the film was adapted from the famous novel of the same name by writer Phung Quan. Stormy Childhood is about the daring adventures of a boy called Mung.
The movie won the Silver Medal at the 1990 Vietnam Film Festival and was conferred with a special award by the Ministry of Defence to commemorate the 50th birthday of the Vietnam People’s Army (1994).
The film will be screened at 7pm on May 15 and 29 at IDECAF.
Apartments
Directed by female director Viet Linh, the film reproduces a period in Vietnamese history after 1975 to the latter half of the 80s with social upheavals as well as individuals’ ups and downs.
Apartments will play at 7pm on May 18 at IDECAF and at 7pm on May 20 at Dong Da.
The Buffalo Boy
This was the first movie by overseas Vietnamese director as well as physics doctor Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh.
Adapted from a work of the same name by writer Son Nam, the Buffalo Boy portrays the beauty of southern Vietnamese waterways. The film has won many international awards such as the FIPRESCU prize at the Palm Springs International Film Festival; best director at the Chicago and Cape Town international film festivals; Golden Unicorn for best feature movie at the Amiens International Festival; Special Prize at the Amazonas International Film Festival, and best cinematography at the 50th Asian Pacific International Film Festival.
The Buffalo Boy will be screened at 3pm on May 19 at IDECAF and 7pm on May 21 at Dong Da.
Glorious Time in Me Thao Hamlet
Another film by Viet Linh, Glorious Time In Me Thao Hamlet was adapted from the novel Chua Dan by famed writer Nguyen Tuan.
The movie will be screened at 7pm on May 22 at Dong Da.
A Far Time Past
Directed by overseas Vietnamese Ho Quang Minh, and adapted from a famous novel of the same name by writer Le Luu, A Far Time Past is about the comedies and tragedies in the life of Gian Minh Sai in the northern countryside.
The movie won the Silver Kite for best feature film (there was no Golden Kite) at the 2004 Golden Kite Awards as well as best soundtrack for musician Dang Huu Phuc at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival.
The film will play at 3pm on May 22 at Dong Da and 7pm on May 25 at IDECAF.
Guavas Season
Directed by Dang Nhat Minh, Guavas Season is about the memories of a mentally retarded 50-year-old man about an old garden and house from childhood.
The film won the Golden Lotus at the 13th Vietnam Film Festival.
It will be screened at 7pm on May 23 at Dong Da and at 7pm on May 24 at IDECAF.
(Source: Tuoi Tre)
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