Cu Li Never Cries  I  Cu Li Không Bao Giờ Khóc

Drama, 92 min, 2024
Berlinale 74, Panorama

A woman tries to cling onto dimming links to her past after inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband; meanwhile, her niece prepares for marriage as the young couple ponders their uncertain future together. The present and the complex echoes of Vietnamese history are entwined before a contemplative and poetic perspective.

Câu chuyện về một phụ nữ lớn tuổi giữ chặt mối dây liên hệ với quá khứ và hai người trẻ tuổi đứng trước quyết định hôn nhân. Đời sống hiện tại và những dư âm phức tạp của lịch sử Việt Nam đan xen trong góc nhìn trầm mặc, chiêm nghiệm và thơ ca.

Cast: Minh Châu, Hoàng Hà, Hà Phương, Xuân An
Director: Phạm Ngọc Lân
Writer: Phạm Ngọc Lân & Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang
Producer companies: Cadence Studio & Ân Nam Productions
Co-producers: Claire-Agnes Lajoumard (Acrobates Films); Bianca Balbuena-Liew & Bradley Liew (Epicmedia); Su-Ching Teh (Purple Tree Content) & Weijie Lai (E&W Films), and Verona Meier (Ape&Bjørn)
Camera: Vũ Hoàng Triều, Nguyễn Vinh Phúc, Nguyễn Phan Linh Đan
Production Designer: Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang
Editor: Julie Béziau
Colorist: Yov Moor
Sound Mixer: Bruno Ehlinger
Sound Editor: Arnaud Soulier, Hoàng Thu Thủy

SELECTED SCREENING AND AWARDS:
– 74th Berlinale Panorama, Berlin, Germany (world premiere) – GWFF Best First Feature Award
– Official Selection, New Directors | New Films, NYC, USA (North American premiere)
– Main Competition, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Int. Film Festival, Spain – Best Performance Award to actress Minh Châu
– International Competition, Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea (Asian premiere) – Best Picture Award
– Asian Competition, Da Nang Asian Film Festival DANAFF II, Vietnam – Best Picture Award
– International Feature Film Competition, Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival – BIEFF, Romania – Special Mention

The project is selected to l’Atelier – festival de Cannes 2017, Busan APM 2016, Locarno Open Doors Hub and SEAFIC 2016-2017

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