SYNOPSIS
How the land given by the government to the farmers near Da Nang is taken back by the local authorities who give them to foreign investors to build tourist complexes and golf courses.
CREDIT
Director: Đoàn Hồng Lê
Genre: Documentary
Production: Varan Việt Nam
Cinematography: Trần Xuân Quang
Sound: Đoàn Hồng Lê
Editing: Dirk Schreier | Aurélie Ricard
REWARDS, FESTIVALS AND DIFFUSIONS
International Creative Documentary Festival
La Rochelle, France | 2013
States General of Documentary Film
Lusas, France | 2019
Festival Image de ville (City Image Festival)
Port-de-Bouc, France | 2021
Festival du Film
La Rochelle (France) | 2013
Millenium Film Festival
Brussels (Belgium) | 2013
EthnosFest
Athens (Greece) | 2013
Festival Cinema et Rural life
La Biolle (France) | 2012
Caméra des Champs
Ville-sur-Yron (France) | 2011 | Jury Prize
YxineFF
Vietnam | 2011
Traces of life
Clermont-Ferrand (France) | 2010
Corsica.doc
Ajaccio (France) | 2010
Viet Film Fest
South California (USA) | 2010
Vietnam International Film Festival
Hanoi (Vietnam) | 2010
IFCinéma, platform of the French Institute
Media library of the Quai Branly Museum
IMAGES
CLIPS
Other Films
DUST
Once upon a time, there was an old lady, a boy and a dog. All day long, they roamed the streets, pushing their little truck so as to glean cardboard and plastic which they sell to whoever pays the most. They only return home when the city is fast asleep.
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Pottery seller
To escape from the difficulties of life in the countryside, Hung and Thuy decide to sell ceramic ware. They mortgage their family home to buy a boat which is used to transport the goods. They travel down the Red River to reach Hanoi, the capital, and sell their pots as best they can. Their new direction is not so easy.
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Daddy’s come home
Without sufficient work in the countryside, many peasants go to Hanoi to sell their labor force. As day laborers, they wait in the streets of the city until a job is offered them. After particularly arduous work, some decide to return to the countryside to be near their wives and children. The main character, surrounded by his neighbors, recounts the difficulties and the differences in living conditions between the city and the country.
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Thanh Cong village, Thanh Cong neighbourhood
In an old district of Hanoi, formerly a village, new loud speakers must be repaired and installed. By observing everyday life, Vang Anh films with humor the animation caused by this event and plunges us into the heart of Vietnamese contradictions.
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