Screening of “Living in Fear” by Bui Thac Chuyen

Friday 08 Oct 2010, 8 pm
TPD

From TPD:
A program on ‘Friday Night with Vietnam Cinema’ with the screening of the film Living in Fear (with English Subtitle) (Director Bui Thac Chuyen) to fundraise for the operation of TPD in the future will be held.

Agenda
– 7.30 pm: Reception
– 8 pm: Screening of “Living in Fear” (with English Subtitle)

Booking:
– Via email: [email protected]
– Directly at TPD Center
– Via phone (invitation delivery at door)

Methods of contribution
– Direct donation at TPD Center (for direct booking method).
– Home donation (for phone booking)
– Suggested Donation 100,000 VND

Facility
– Full HD projector (1920×1080)
– Wide screen
– Digital sound 5.1
– 20-seat screening room.

About Living in Fear (2005)
Director: Bui Thac Chuyen
Cast: Tran Huu Phuc, Hanh Thuy, My Uyen, Ngoc Phuong
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 110 mins
Plot: Post-war Vietnam was full of mines and unexploded bombs. Not everyone wants to risk his life clearing them up, but some had little choice. Such as Tai. As a former soldier for the NME, he can’t get a job and has two families to maintain. With true contempt for death, he starts disposing of mines. The viewer also gets the feeling that any wrong movement could be fatal. Tai has had a hard life. As a soldier he was on the losing side in the Vietnam War, which was also a civil war. Even after spending time in a re-education camp, he remained a pariah in the post-war Communist society. Excluded from ordinary work, he keeps himself alive by gathering scrap metal, usually old military material like shell fragments and barbed wire. It is barely enough to maintain his family and he also happens to have two families to maintain. The war separated him from his wife, so he started a new family with another woman. He stoically takes responsibility for both of them, even though he is tottering on the brink of starvation. From a man who fought on the other side during the war, he learns how to make bombs safe. This is a dangerous, almost suicidal job, but thanks to his disregard for death, from that moment on Tai is able to earn his living. (Gertjan Zuilhof)

Awards:
– Asian New Talent Award in Shanghai Film Festival 2006
– Grand Jury Award in Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2006
– Best Supporting Actress in Vietnam Film Festival 2007
– Jury Award in Vietnam Film Festival 2007
– Golden Kite Award for Best Director – Vietnam Cinema Association
– Golden Kite Award for Best Screenplay – Vietnam Cinema Association
– Golden Kite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Vietnam Cinema Association
– Golden Kite Award for Best Actor – Vietnam Cinema Association

The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents was established with the purposes of designing and implementing programs to assist and develop movie talents and other activities for the development of Vietnamese cinema.