Screening of “Departures” and “American Beauty”

Screening of “Departures”: Sat 01 Mar 2014, 2 pm
Screening of “American Beauty”: Sat 01 Mar 2014, 7.30 pm
TPD

From TPD:

In the last week of Oscar film month, you are invited to the screening of of 2 other masterpieces: “American Beauty” (1999) and “Departures” (2008).

Original language with Vietnamese subtitles. The screening is for educational purpose and supportive to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

About films

AMERICAN BEAUTY is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as office worker Lester Burnham, who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter’s best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Annette Bening co-stars as Lester’s materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane; Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, and Allison Janney also feature.
The film has been described by academics as a satire of American middle class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction; analysis has focused on the film’s explorations of romantic and paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, self-liberation, and redemption.

At the 72nd Academy Awards the following year, the film won Best Picture for Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Best Director for Sam Mendes, Best Actor for Kevin Spacey, Best Original Screenplay for Alan Ball, and Best Cinematography for Conrad L. Hall.

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DEPARTURES (おくりびと Okuribito?) is a 2008 Japanese drama film by Yōjirō Takita. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Oscars in 2009 and the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize.

The films concerns the historic Japanese “encoffining” ceremony (called a nōkan) in which professional morticians (納棺者 nōkansha?) ritually dress and prepare bodies before they are placed in coffins. Although the film follows contemporary themes, the practice is now rarely performed; limited mainly to rural areas where older traditions are maintained.

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The screening is for educational purpose, entrance is free, though guests are welcome to donate to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

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.

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents 51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi Tel: 04 39366559 Fax: 04 39366582 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tpdmovie.com.vn