Viet and Nam (Trong lòng dat)
In the underground coal mines, Nam and Viet, young miners, face danger and darkness. One prepares to leave for a new life, but they must find Nam’s father’s remains, a soldier lost in a faraway forest, retracing the past through memories.
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Minh Quy Truong
Director
Trương Minh Quý was born in Buon Ma Thuot, a small city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Quý lives and works, here and there, in the vibrancy of memories and present moments, his narratives and images, lying between documentary and fiction, personal and impersonal, draw on the landscape of his homeland, childhood memories, and the historical context of Vietnam. In his films, he has experimented with combining abstract concepts-images with realistic improvisations during shooting.
He is the alumnus of 2012 Asian Film Academy (Busan International Film Festival) and 2016 Berlinale Talents (Berlin International Film Festival). His films have been selected for international film festivals and exhibitions such as Locarno, New York, Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Busan, Les Rencontres Internationales Paris & Berlin. He won the main Art Prize at the 20th VideoBrasil (Sao Paulo) in 2017.
- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 129 minutes
- Country
- Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, United States
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Director
- Minh Quy Truong
- Producer
- Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew
- Cast
- Duy Bao Dinh Dao, Thanh Hai Pham
- Cinematographer
- Son Doan
- Editor
- Félix Rehm
- Premiere
- Philadelphia