Film Screening “Philadelphia” and “Adrift”
Screening of “Philadelphia”: Fri 18 Mar 2016, 7.30 pm
Screening of “Adrift”: Sat 19 Mar 2016, 3 pm
TPD
From TPD:
You are invited to the film screening “Philadelphia” with actor Tom Hanks (not suitable for children below 13 years old) and “Chơi Vơi” – directed by Bui Thac Chuyen at TPD.
About “Philadelphia”:
PHILADELPHIA is a 1993 American drama film and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner, directed by Jonathan Demme and stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.
Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Andrew Beckett in the film, while the song ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ by Bruce Springsteen won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Nyswaner was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, but lost to Jane Campion for ‘The Piano’. [Wikipedia]
Watch the movie’s trailer here:
[youtube width=”700″ height=”393″]https://youtu.be/l433n5zAxAU [/youtube]
About “Adrift”:
Director: Bui Thac Chuyen
Cast: Do Thi Hai Yen, Duy Khoa, Pham Linh Dan, Johnny Tri Nguyen
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 110 mins
Plot: Duyen is getting married. She thinks she loves her fiance, who is two years younger. But what does that actually mean? The tempestuous wedding ends without romance. The naive bridegroom turns out to be a mother’s boy. He is carried into the bedroom blind drunk and is later incapable of consummating the marriage. Through a jealous girlfriend, Duyen finds herself in the circles of a charming man of the world who has no respect for faithfulness or morality and who awakens confusing feelings in her. The inexperienced husband has meanwhile crossed the path of a teenage girl who fled her father.
Watch the movie’s trailer here:
[youtube width=”700″ height=”393″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGkBRB_kLk[/youtube]
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
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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