Film Screening “The Last Journey of Madam Phung”
27 and 28 Aug 2016, 7 pm
TPD
From TPD:
[THE LAST JOURNEY OF MADAM PHUNG | Vietnam • France • American | 2014 ]
[ Director | Nguyen Thi Tham ]
[ 86′ | Documentary ]
[ Vietnamese with English subtitles ]
Nguyen Thi Tham, who wrote, directed and shot the film, followed Madam Phung for a year as she took her brand of transgender glamour to remote provincial fairgrounds filled with villagers. Mostly, though, the camera reveals boisterous drunks. And after the stage is dark, violence breaks out more than once between cast members and thugs, and Madam Phung appeases the police with a case of beer.
Her 86-minute debut documentary, “Chuyen di cuoi cung cua chi Phung” has been warmly embraced in Paris, Nimes, Lyon and Marseille.
The film is rated 8.5 out of ten on IMDB. Watch its trailer here:
Awards:
• U.S. Premiere, 2015 Margaret Mead Film Festival (New York)
• 2015 Film Festival, Western Psychological Association (USA)
• Cinema du Reel Documentary Film Festival (Paris)
• DOXA International Documentary Film Festival (Canada)
• European-Vietnamese Film Festival of Hanoi (Vietnam)
The films are in original languages with English subtitles.
Tickets: On the door 40.000VND
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.
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