ABOUT THE PROJECT

LOGLINE
In 1960s Vietnam, a family run movie house becomes a haven for an eight-year-old boy who see his world being undone by war.

SYNOPSIS
The arrival of the Allied troops in South Vietnam in 1965 abruptly changes the unspoiled nature of Vung Tàu, Quang’s (8) town. But it also brings new opportunities: his parents, in dire financial straits, decide to reopen the family movie house. Quang is quickly hooked by the sensual reveries of Brigitte Bardot, Kurosawa’s feudal Japan and American cowboys. His own family becomes more and more divided, with his absent father dealing with politics and films in Saigon, his mother longing for her deceased brother, and his two cousins both working at the cinema but divided by politics.

When the cold war turns hot, Quang, now adolescent, develops an affection for SA, his classmate childhood friend. Prostitution and drugs flow into the town as Quang reaches sexual awakening with CAT, a GI’s bar girl. The war is now killing his friends and family members, throwing Quang into a crisis to get a sense of this mad world. But the movie house somehow remains a place for people to watch their lives, hopes, loves and deaths, reflected on the screen in the inferno of the Vietnam war.

PROJECT TYPE Narrative Feature

DIRECTOR Minh Nguyen-Vo
SCREENWRITER Minh Nguyen-Vo
PRODUCER Johann Capelan, Silvia Wong, Phan Gia Nhat Linh
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Anderson Le
CO-PRODUCER Jenni Trang Le
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Bao Nguyen

WEBSITE east-films.com