Canadian film screening

23 Mar – 09 Apr
Hanoi, Hue, HCMC

The Embassy of Canada cordially invites you to the screenings of two wonderful Canadian films, Seducing Doctor Lewis and Sticky Fingers, during the Francophone Film Festival celebrating the International Day of Francophonie 2010 in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hue.

Schedule

• Hanoi

March 23rd, 2010 @ L’Espace, 24 Tràng Tiền,
6 pm Sticky Fingers
8.30 pm Seducing Doctor Lewis

March 27, 2010 @ ACV, 51 Trần Hưng Đạo
6 pm Sticky Fingers
8 pm Seducing Doctor Lewis

• Ho Chi Minh City

@ IDECAF, 31 Thái Văn Lung, Dist 1
March 30, 2010 — 7.30 pm Seducing Doctor Lewis
April 3rd, 2010 — 2.30 pm Sticky Fingers

• Hue City

@ CCF, 1 Lê Hồng Phong
April 5, 2010 — 7.30 pm Seducing Doctor Lewis
April 9, 2010 — 7.30 pm Sticky Fingers

The films will be presented in the original French versions with Vietnamese subtitles.

Free entrance.

Film synopses

SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS

Director: Jean-François Pouliot, 110’, 2003
Winner of many prizes, including Public Award from Sundance Film Festival and 7 Jutra.

Once a fishing port, the tiny port village Sainte- Marie-La-Mauderne has fallen on hard times and most of its residents are now unemployed. Its villagers try to convince a multinational corporation to set up a factory on the outskirts of town. In order to meet the multinational’s insurance requirements, they must persuade a doctor to set up practice in the village. Led by Germain, the 150 villagers do everything in their power to convince a young doctor to settle in the community. A fine line between persuasion and lying… Choose between their factory and their integrity as a community?

STICKY FINGERS

Director: Ken Scott, 108’, 2009

To carry out the “crime of the century” Charles recruits his criminal pals. On the night of the robbery the police turn up and they’ve got to proceed swiftly to plan B – they will give themselves up, but one of them will escape with the $2 million. When they get out, the thieves are flabbergasted to learn that they will get their share of the cash on 2 conditions – they have to walk the 830 km of the pilgrims’ route St Jaques de Compostelle , and above all they must have changed. These eternal delinquents, for the first time in their lives, will have to make a real effort to become honest citizens.