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World Premiere Here...or There?

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Psychology · Aging · Rural

  • CountryVietnam,Switzerland
  • Production Year2011
  • Running Time91min
  • FormatHD
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
A special story with a blurry line between reality and the surreal, humanity and the spirit, [Here or There] is an experimental piece open to multiple interpretations. The setting is a small Vietnamese seaside town. The daily lives of a retired couple seem peaceful. On a day the husband goes fishing, he impulsively jumps into the ocean and goes swimming. The fishing boat returns to land without him, and the wife worries about her husband, who doesn’t come home that night. The next day, the man returns from the water wearing a suit and with a friend and a woman he has cast for his movie. At home, he enjoys a merry dinner with the townspeople. The spirit of a dead ancestor whose altar was in their home also joins them for dinner, but no one is surprised and just treats it as a living person. Later, as though nothing has happened, normal life resumes. Was it all a dream? Or is the story trying to tell us that our reality and surreality coexist? The director’s message is ambiguity itself. (KIM Ji-seok)
Director
Director
Siu PHAM
Siu Pham was born in Hanoi, raised in Geneva and now lives in Ho Chi Minh City. A student of philosophy, art, and theater, Pham works in a variety of media, and her photographic work has exhibited in Paris and Washington. Her documentary shorts include [Saigon’s Blues] and [A Script in Udaipur]. [Here or… There?] is her first feature.
Credit
  • Director
    Siu PHAM
  • ProducerVinh Son NGUYEN
  • CastJean-Luc MELLO
    Tu Mai DANG
    Vinh Son NGUYEN
  • ScreenplayJean-Luc MELLO
  • CinematographyCong Danh PHAN
  • EditorJean-Luc MELLO
    Julie BEZIAU
  • SoundManh Hoang TRAN
    Franck DESMOULINS
  • MusicJamasp JHABVALA
  • Production CompanyHK Film / Sunny Independent Picture
    hatcastudio@yahoo.com/salamian@cramer-salamian.ch
  • World SalesVietnam Media Corp Vietnam
    baomai@bhdvn.com
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