Vietnamese film winning prize at Cannes Film Festival premieres in France
VOV.VN - The movie “Bên Trong Vỏ Kén Vàng” (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell) by Vietnamese director Pham Thien An, which won the Camera D'or award at the Cannes Film Festival, is being screened in several cinemas across Paris, drawing attention from both French people and Vietnamese expats.
The three-hour movie directed by Thien An has been warmly received in cinemas such as MK2 Beaubourg, Reflet Medicis, Le Méliès, Forum des Images, and Luxor.
Arthur Aulin, a French viewer, shared that he liked the movie the first time he watched it as it features beautiful images and impressive colours, especially the shimmering lights in the dark which were shown successfully.
The movie helped him to gain a greater understanding about Vietnamese culture and discover more about the local landscapes, he added.
Phi Nga Fournier, an overseas Vietnamese residing in France, said she was proud to view a Vietnamese film which won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
As the movie won the Caméra d'Or (or Golden Camera) Award, she paid special attention to the images and colours shown in the film. She noted that many details presented in the movie for Vietnamese people may be normal, but for foreigners they seem very interesting.
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell tells the story of a man named Thien who is tasked with delivering his sister-in-law’s body to their countryside hometown following a tragic motorcycle accident which happened in Sai Gon.
Accompanied by his five-year-old nephew Dao who was miraculously rescued from the accident, he finds his brother, who has been missing for several years.
According to director Thien An, it took four years to complete the movie, with three shootings taking place in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
The movie beat 17 other competitors to be named winner in the Directors Fortnight's category of the Caméra d'Or (or Golden Camera) Award at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
An, 34, was born in Lam Dong province and graduated in Information Technology from Lotus University in Ho Chi Minh City. He has won a number of awards, including the 48 Hours Film Project in Ho Chi Minh City and top prize at the CJ Short Film Making Project, one of the top short film contests in Vietnam.
In 2015, he moved to the United States and continued to work as a freelance filmmaker.
His latest short film, “Câm Lặng” (The Mute), was originally screened as a World Premiere at the Palm Springs International Shortfest in the US in 2018.
