Film Screening “My Blueberry Nights” and “Người trở về”

Film Screening “My Blueberry Nights”: Fri 22 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Film Screening “Người trở về”: Sat 23 Apr 2016, 3 pm
TPD

From TPD:

In this weekend, you are invited to the film screening “My Blueberry Nights” – the third work in Wong Kar-wai film month and “Người trở về” (directed by Dang Thai Huyen) in the Vietnamese film program at TPD.

My Blueberry Nights *Not suitable for children under 13 years old*

MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS is a 2007 romance/drama/road art film directed by Wong Kar Wai, his first feature in English. The screenplay by Wong and Lawrence Block is based on a short Chinese-language film written and directed by Wong.

This film was the debut of jazz singer Grammy-winner Norah Jones as an actress, and also starred Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, and Benjamin Kanes.

The cinematographer of this film was Darius Khondji. Christopher Doyle was Wong’s cinematographer for his last seven features before MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS, starting from 1990’s ‘Days of Being Wild’ [Wikipedia]

Watch the film’s trailer here:

[youtube width=”700″ height=”393″]https://youtu.be/NTmE8llN1QA [/youtube]

Người trở về

Based on the short story “Người về bến sông Châu” by Suong Nguyet Minh, the film tells the life story of May, a battlefield nurse had death notice, suddenly returned home on the day of her boyfriend getting married.

The war destroys her body and spirit, now she has to bear the pain of thwarted love.

Watch the film’s trailer here:

[youtube width=”700″ height=”393″]https://youtu.be/RX8s2-REjDQ[/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.

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