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FVH – Don’t Burn

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Wed 24 Mar, 7.30 pm
Cinematheque

UPDATE

FVH cordially invites you to the screening of ‘Don’t Burn‘.

In the spring of 2005, an old mother living in Hanoi receives a diary. The diary carries the notes of a young woman doctor who worked at a national liberation from hospital for two years starting in 1968 until her death. The diary was first discovered by a US military officer, who kept it for 35 years. The diary was then published in Vietnam and caused a sensation. The long moving journey linking Vietnam with the US is depicted through a true story adapted by Dang Nhat Minh, one of Vietnam’s top film directs.

From FVH, 19 Mar 2010:
Unfortunately, were not able get a digital copy of Dang Nhat Minh’s Don’t Burn. Instead we will be showing Oh, Saigon. All confirmed reservations will be honored. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Oh, Saigon
“If I could put my finger on the moment my family fell apart, it would April 30, 1975,” says filmmaker Doan Hoang. On that day, Doan was on the last American helicopter taking civilians out of Saigon on the last day of the Vietnam War. Doan’s older sister, Van, was left behind in the chaos while her family fled to the United States. Twenty-five years later, Doan returns to Vietnam to meet the people she left behind. She uncovers what became of her sister in the aftermath of the war. She also learns that her father, who had fought for South Vietnam, had two brothers he never told her about: a North Vietnamese Communist who fought against him, and an anti-war Southern army deserter. In order to heal her family, Doan must convince them to face their divided past and reconcile in Vietnam. Accompanied by gripping images from the war, Oh, Saigon is an intimate, fascinating portrait of a family the demonstrates the bitter consequences of split-second choices and the bitter legacy of war that lives long after the fighting stops.

Cost: 100,000 VND
Limit: First registered, first served

To register please email:

Nels Setterlund
[email protected]

and leave your mobile phone number so we can contact you in case of any last minute changes.

This is one of the many cultural activites offered by FVH this March. Please download the file below for a more detailed program of what’s available:

HANOI CINEMATHEQUE Hanoi’s unique ‘art-house cinema’ is a members-only film society.
Memberships are available at the box office for only 200,000VND per year.
Members receive regular emails with detailed schedules and reviews of the films.
Tickets to the films are by donation.
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng(at the end of the alley leading to Artist’s Hotel)
RESERVATIONS:
Tel: 3936 2648 (14:00 – 20:00) email: [email protected] Fax: 3936 2649
CAFE CINEMATHEQUE opens from 17:00 weekdays and from 13:30 weekends