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BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER, AND OTHER STORIES

2015

Drama, Crime

100'

SYNOPSIS

Saigon, early 2000’s. Vu, a photography student, has just arrived in town. Immediately attracted to his handsome roommate Thang, a bouncer and low-level drug dealer, Vu starts following him on his escapades through the city’s nightlife, where he discovers a whole new world. He soon also meets Van, a sensual female dancer who maintains a casual relationship with Thang. The three of them develop an increasingly ambiguous friendship. One night, they are involved in a street fight and forced to flee to Vu’s native village. There they are warmly welcomed by his father, who seizes the occasion to introduce Vu to the wife he has chosen for him…

PEOPLE

Director

Writer

Di Phan Dang

Di Phan Dang

Director of photography: K’linh Nguyen
Editor: Julie Béziau
Composer: Vincent Denieul

(Co-) Producers

Financiers

Netherlands Film Fund, Hubert Bals Fund, Institut Francais, World Cinema Fund, Film und Medien Stifting NRW, CNC, Organisation Internationele de la Francophonie

DNY Viet Nam Productions | Acrobates Films, Co-producer: Busse & Halberschmidt Filmproduktion | Volya Films

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