SYNOPSIS
The film serves as a bridge bringing the filmmaker closer to the lively, full-of-surprises life of a 35-year-old “comrade police officer,” a world filled with dreams and desires for love. Yet behind that, there are vague traces of reality intertwined with distant fantasies.
CREDIT
Director: Nguyễn Hồ Bảo Nghi
Nguyen Ho Bao Nghi is a final-year student majoring in Media Technology Management.
She began her filmmaking journey with her debut short documentary “Moi Dem” (The Night’s Thread, 2023). Most recently, she completed her second short documentary “Toan Oi” (Dear Toan, 2025) as part of the direct documentary filmmaking workshop organized by Ateliers Varan in Hanoi.
Nghi’s films have been screened at the European – Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival (2025), SeaShorts Film Festival (2025), as well as various film programs across Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Genre: Documentary
Production: Varan Việt Nam | Trần Phương Thảo
Cinematography: Nguyễn Hồ Bảo Nghi
Sound:
Cầm Đức Hiệp, Nguyễn Thị Ánh, Nguyễn Thiên Ân
Editing: Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo Ly
CLIPS
PHOTOS
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Thiên Ân
Mr. Phương lives isolated from the outside world by cardboard boxes. There, he eats, sleeps, reads books, writes poetry, keeps a diary, designs circuit boards, and repairs electronic devices.The greatest inconvenience is the lack of electricity, which prevents him from soldering his beloved circuit boards and fulfilling the mission he has set for himself.
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Mr.Toan
Bộ phim là chiếc cầu nối đưa nhà làm phim đến gần hơn với cuộc sống nhộn nhịp, đầy bất ngờ của một “đồng chí công an” 35 tuổi, nơi tràn ngập những giấc mơ và khát vọng về tình yêu. Nhưng ẩn sau đấy là những dấu vết mờ ảo của hiện thực đan xen với những giấc mộng xa vời.
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