Screening of “Mother’s Soul” and “A Separation”
Screening of “Mother’s Soul”: Fri 05 Jul 2013, 8 pm
Screening of “A Separation”: Sat 06 Jul 2013, 2 pm
TPD
From TPD:
You are invited to the two screening of TPD this week. At 8p.m. on Friday 05 Jul 2013, TPD Center will organize a program on ‘Friday Night with Vietnam Cinema’ with the screening of the film Mother’s Soul (director Pham Nhue Giang).
On Saturday July 6th 2013, TPD Centre will host next session of Two Thumbs Up Movie programme. We will screen A Separation (2011).
About Mother’s soul
Year: 2011
Director: Giang Pham Nhue
Cast: Hong Anh, Hoai Linh
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 95 min
Synopsis: When her mother falls in love with a driver, a young girl suffers from the lack of maternal attention. As her mother become more and more obsessed with her lover, the neglect increases. and the daughter takes on a maternal role herself to the orphan next door. Through these tender human relationships, Mother’s Soul looks at the effect of capitalism on a former communist economy.
About A Separation
A Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, and the conflicts that arise when the husband hires a lower-class care giver for his elderly father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.
A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award. It received the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the first Iranian film to win the Golden Bear. It also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award, making it the first non-English film in five years to achieve this.
(Wikipedia)
Screening on Friday: Different from other non-profit screenings on Saturday afternoon, the program Friday with Vietnam Cinema is a fundraising event. In this program, we are calling out for audiences’ contribution to continue the operation of TPD Center in the future.
Screening on Saturday: 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.
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