We can watch a film, we can experience it, or we can devour it. But Minh Quý Truong knows that some films can be dreamed. His fog-shrouded tale of Viet and Nam, two miners who share a profession and a fleeting tenderness, follows the rhythms of delicate, spiritual storytelling. The damp mine shafts hide danger, but their darkness can also be a refuge. At the same time, the two young men dream of a future elsewhere. One imagines a life overseas, while the other must first plumb the depths of his family history. Shot on 16mm film, Viet and Nam meanders slowly through the hardships of contemporary life in Vietnam without forgetting that beneath the surface lies hidden a troubled past.
Martin Horyna
129 min / Color, DCP
Director Minh Quý Truong
/ Screenplay Minh Quý Truong
/ Dir. of Photography Son Doan
/ Sound Vincent Villa
/ Editor Félix Rehm
/ Producer Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew
/ Production Epicmedia Productions, Inc
/ Coproduction E&W Films, Deuxième Ligne Films, An Original Picture, Volos Films Italia, Scarlet Visions, Lagi Limited
/ Cast Phạm Thanh Hải, Đào Duy Bảo Định, Nguyễn Thị Nga, Lê Viết Tụng
/ Sales Pyramide International
Minh Quý Truong (1990, Buôn Ma Thuột, Vietnam). Selected filmography: How Green Was the Calabash Garden (2016, short), The Men Who Wait (Les Attendants, 2020, short), Porcupine (2023, short, co-dir.), Viet and Nam (2024).
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Minh Quý Truong
Film Director
Bianca Balbuena
Producer
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