Screening of “Crash” and “In a Better World”

Screening of “Crash”: Sat 22 Feb 2014, 2 pm
Screening of “In a Better World”: Sat 22 Feb 2014, 7.30 pm
TPD

From TPD:

In the 2nd week of Oscar film month, you are invited to the screening of 2 other masterpieces: Crash (USA, 2004) and In a Better World (Denmark, 2010).

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

About films

1. In a Better World (2010)

IN A BETTER WORLD (Danish: Hævnen, “the revenge”) is a 2010 Danish drama thriller film written by Anders Thomas Jensen and directed by Susanne Bier. The film stars Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, and Ulrich Thomsen in a story which takes place in small-town Denmark and a refugee camp in Africa.

The film is about the breaking up of a family trying to cope with the father’s job as a doctor in an African refugee camp and the 10-year old son being bullied at school. When a new kid joins his class, a friendship develops and the family tales are entwined.

IN A BETTER WORLD is told from both a local and a worldwide perspective. It tells the story of sorrow and evil, but also about love and friendship. It is about picking the battles you want to engage in, and make the best of life.

A Danish majority production with co-producers in Sweden, IN A BETTER WORLD won the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.

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2. Crash (2004)

CRASH is a 2004 crime drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles,California. A self-described “passion piece” for Haggis, CRASH was inspired by a real-life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.

Several characters’ stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles: a black detective estranged from his mother; his criminal younger brother and gang associate; the white district attorney and his irritated, pampered wife; a racist white police officer who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner; an African American Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the officer; a Iranian-immigrant father who is wary of others; and a hard-working Hispanic family man, a locksmith. The film differs from many other films about racism in its rather impartial approach to the issue. Rather than separating the characters into victims and offenders, victims of racism are often shown to be racist themselves in different contexts and situations. Also, racist remarks and actions are often shown to stem from ignorance and misconception rather than a malicious personality.

CRASH stars a large ensemble cast including Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate and Michael Peña. In 2006, the film received six Academy Award nominations and won three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 78th Academy Awards.

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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