The 14th Francophone Film Festival in Vietnam takes place from March 22-27 and is one of a series of events to celebrate International Francophone Day on March 3.
This year's film festival has the theme "The diversity and vitality of the Francophone community present all over the world". The event was organized by the Wallonia-Brussels Delegation in Vietnam, the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the International Francophone Organization and the Embassies of France, Canada and Switzerland.
The 14th Francophone Film Festival in Vietnam takes place from March 22-27 and is open to the public. Photo: BTC
Cinema lovers in Vietnam will have the opportunity to travel to Europe, Asia, North America and explore the richness, cultural and linguistic diversity of the Francophone space.
6 films will be introduced to Vietnamese audiences on this occasion: “Funny Tricksters”, “Viking”, “Business Trip to the Land of Ch'tis”, “Brilliant Ashes”, “Road to glory” and “White House”.
The films in this film festival not only come from France and French-speaking countries, but are also made by producers in Southeast Asia with the presence of the film "White House" produced by Cambodia.
"The Funny Swindlers" (La fiancée du poète) is a comedy-drama film about Mireille, a person who loves painting and poetry.
Mireille is satisfied with her job as a server at the cafeteria at Charleville College of Fine Arts. Occasionally, she stole small items and illegally sold cigarettes to students. Unable to maintain the family's large house on the banks of the Meuse River that she inherited, Mireille decided to rent a room to three people.
Three men will disrupt her daily life and accidentally prepare the stepping stone for the return of the fourth person, the poet, the great love of her youth... Valois award-winning film for Best Screenplay at the 2023 Angoulème Francophone Film Festival.
The movie "Viking" is about the Viking Association, which is in the process of recruiting a team of volunteers with the same characteristics and personalities as the first astronauts to Mars. The goal is to create a “B-crew” team on the ground to replicate the astronauts on Mars and help find ways to solve the individual problems the crew is facing.
Revolving around the main character David - a high school physical education teacher, who seized this opportunity to realize his dream of becoming an astronaut and make a difference. The film is a story about the gap between dreams and reality. Therefore, in the movie there will be a few details that may be a bit absurd, mixed between the style of a comedy and a fable.
The movie "Business trip to the land of Ch'tis" (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis) revolves around the character Philippe Abrams, who is the director of the Salon-de-Provence Post Office in Bouches-du-Rhône.
To please his depressed wife, Julie, he decided to rely on his connections and use scams to bypass the controller to be transferred to the Côte d'Azur. But unfortunately, he was discovered and had to endure the punishment of being transferred to Bergues in the North. He had to leave his family to go to a place where he was full of prejudice.
But completely contrary to his thoughts, here he met friendly and warm people, like the postman Antoine. When he returned home and tried to convince his wife of the good things about the new land, she did not believe him. After that, Philippe decided to lie to please his wife...
The movie "Road to Glory" (La voie royale) is a story about Sophie - a high school student with excellent academic performance.
Encouraged by her math teacher, Sophie temporarily stopped working on the family farm to take a science preparatory class.
Here, meetings with peers, successes and failures, and facing an extremely fierce exam helped Sophie understand that her dream of passing the prestigious Polytechnic University is not true. It's simply a competition, but it's really a challenge to rise up in society.
“Glorious Ashes” (Cendres glorieuses) by Vietnamese director Bui Thac Chuyen is a story about three women, mentioning how they love and how they keep their men.
The film won the Golden Balloon Award at the 2022 Three Continents Film Festival; Golden Kite Award 2023; Golden Lotus at Vietnam Film Festival 2023.
The movie "White Building" is about Samnang, 20 years old, living in a historical building in Phnom Penh.
A series of unfortunate events happened to Samnang: his best friend left his homeland; his father is sick; and the building where the family lived was about to be demolished. Samnang had to face those events, which made him more mature...
The film has won many awards: Best Actor Award at the 2021 Venice Film Festival; Best Cinematography Award at the 2021 Lisbon & Estorli Film Festival.
Audiences are excited about the 14th Francophone Film Festival in Vietnam. Photo: N.Hanh
The movies are shown at 19:30 p.m., from March 22 to 27, 3. In Hanoi, the film was screened at the Central Documentary and Scientific Film Studio (2024 Hoang Hoa Tham, Ba Dinh district). In Ho Chi Minh City, films within the festival are screened at DCine Ben Thanh (465 Mac Dinh Chi, District 6).
Film screenings are free and open to the public.
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