BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER, AND OTHER STORIES
Berlinale, 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
Di Phan Dang
Writer
Di Phan Dang
Main cast
Lê Công Hoàng as Vu, Đỗ Thị Hải Yến as Van, Trương Thế Vinh as Thang
Crew
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
FESTIVALS


2015 Berlin International Film Festival
2015 Vancouver International Film Festival
2015 Hong Kong International Film Festival
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