Unfolding in a Hanoi of twisting alleyways and cramped apartments, Cu Li Never Cries follows a half-dozen intertwined characters whose lives are in upheaval. Mrs. Nguyện (Minh Châu), a widow, has been gifted with a pet slow cu li, a tiny primate that may be more trouble than it’s worth. Her niece Vân (Hà Phương) helps run a day-care center on the verge of bankruptcy. Her fiancé Quang (Xuân An) has doubts about both their wedding and his future. The film’s glistening black-and-white imagery and soundtrack of patriotic anthems evoke a timeless world rarely seen in Western cinema. At the […]
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- 4/8/2024
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Unfolding in a Hanoi of twisting alleyways and cramped apartments, Cu Li Never Cries follows a half-dozen intertwined characters whose lives are in upheaval. Mrs. Nguyện (Minh Châu), a widow, has been gifted with a pet slow cu li, a tiny primate that may be more trouble than it’s worth. Her niece Vân (Hà Phương) helps run a day-care center on the verge of bankruptcy. Her fiancé Quang (Xuân An) has doubts about both their wedding and his future. The film’s glistening black-and-white imagery and soundtrack of patriotic anthems evoke a timeless world rarely seen in Western cinema. At the […]
The post Cutting Costs in Black and White: Phạm Ngọc Lân ơn Cu Li Never Cries first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Cutting Costs in Black and White: Phạm Ngọc Lân ơn Cu Li Never Cries first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 4/8/2024
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
World sales agency Square Eyes has boarded Vietnamese drama “Cu Li Never Cries,” which has its world premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. Variety debuts the trailer below.
The film is directed by Phạm Ngọc Lân, who wrote the screenplay with Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang. The cast includes Minh Châu, Hà Phương, Xuân An, Hoàng Hà and Cao Sang.
In the film, Mrs. Nguyện picks up the ashes of her long-estranged husband in Germany, and returns to her Vietnamese home. In her luggage she is carrying a pygmy slow loris, a species of primate from the Vietnamese rainforest, which she has inherited from the deceased.
Her young niece, who lives with her, is preparing for her wedding. The young couple anxiously ponder their uncertain future together. The present in which the characters live and the complex echoes of Vietnamese history intertwine in a contemplative and poetic way.
The film is directed by Phạm Ngọc Lân, who wrote the screenplay with Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang. The cast includes Minh Châu, Hà Phương, Xuân An, Hoàng Hà and Cao Sang.
In the film, Mrs. Nguyện picks up the ashes of her long-estranged husband in Germany, and returns to her Vietnamese home. In her luggage she is carrying a pygmy slow loris, a species of primate from the Vietnamese rainforest, which she has inherited from the deceased.
Her young niece, who lives with her, is preparing for her wedding. The young couple anxiously ponder their uncertain future together. The present in which the characters live and the complex echoes of Vietnamese history intertwine in a contemplative and poetic way.
- 2/9/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Los Angeles, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The eighth annual Asian World Film Festival (Awff) announced its competition winners at a star-studded event November 18 at Beverly Hill’s Saban Theater. The Last Film Show (India), directed by Pan Nalin, won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film; Mohsen Tanabandeh garnered the Snow Leopard for Best Actor for World War III (Iran), and Hui Fang Hong was honored with the Snow Leopard for Best Actress for Ajoomma (Singapore).
Asian World Film Festival (Awff)
The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to World War III, directed by Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia), directed by Inna Sahakyan. Kerr (Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos, received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a 60,000 Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.
Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
Asian World Film Festival (Awff)
The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to World War III, directed by Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia), directed by Inna Sahakyan. Kerr (Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos, received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a 60,000 Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.
Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
- 11/21/2022
- by Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
The inaugural Faith, Hope & Charity Gala, presented by Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, will honor Tim Robbins and The Actors’ Gang with the Compassionate Advocate Award at a gala benefitting the organization’s Immigration and Refugee Resettlement Program on Saturday, April 27 at De Luxe Banquet Hall in Burbank, CA.
The evening will be hosted by 4-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, Leyna Nguyen (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) and will also honor PwC Us (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Mosaic Church founders Erwin and Kim McManus, and community activist Nam Loc Nguyen. The Faith, Hope & Charity Gala will also include a special performance by Musical Director Greg Wright.
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles’ Immigration and Refugee Resettlement Program provides support and advocacy to individuals and families by helping them to legalize their residency status and become naturalized citizens. The program works to help vulnerable immigrants and refugees achieve legal status, self-sufficiency, family unity, cultural integration and long-term...
The evening will be hosted by 4-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, Leyna Nguyen (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) and will also honor PwC Us (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Mosaic Church founders Erwin and Kim McManus, and community activist Nam Loc Nguyen. The Faith, Hope & Charity Gala will also include a special performance by Musical Director Greg Wright.
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles’ Immigration and Refugee Resettlement Program provides support and advocacy to individuals and families by helping them to legalize their residency status and become naturalized citizens. The program works to help vulnerable immigrants and refugees achieve legal status, self-sufficiency, family unity, cultural integration and long-term...
- 4/11/2019
- Look to the Stars
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