Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, United States
Minh Quy Truong
Nam and Việt are coal miners. Nam wants a different future and hires someone to smuggle him to the Western world. Before leaving, Nam goes on a journey with Việt and his mother, who claims that Nam’s father, a northern Vietnamese soldier, calls out in her dreams to find his missing body.
Quý Trương Minh was born in Buon Ma Thuot, a small city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. His narratives and images, located between documentary and fiction, personal and impersonal, draw on the landscape of his homeland, childhood memories, and the history of Vietnam. His films have been selected for international film festivals and exhibitions such as Locarno, New York, Berlin, CPH:Dox, Viennale, Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Busan. He won the main Art Prize at the 20th VideoBrasil (São Paulo) in 2017. Currently he is experimenting with new mediums and ideas at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in France.
Filmography
Les Attendants (2021); Nhà Cây (2019)
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