Film Screening “A House in Ninh Hoa”
Sun 20 Nov 2016, 7 pm
Goethe Institut
From Goethe Institut:
On invitation of the Goethe-Institut, director Philipp Widmann and co-author Dan Nguyen present their documentary “A House in Ninh Hoa” as part of the Mini DocFest. The annual short film and video art festival is organized by Hanoi DocLab.
“A House in Ninh Hoa”, 108 mins, a film by Philip Widmann and Nguyễn Phương-Đan, Germany, 2016
In a house in the South of Vietnam, paths cross that separated 40 years ago and branched out as far as Germany. Of three Vietnamese brothers, one went to West Germany as a diplomat in the 1970s, where he then stayed with his family. Another brother was lost in the war. The third is the only man living in this house with the women of the Le family. Then his nephew and niece arrive from Germany to sort some things out, both material and metaphysical. Through the reunion of the relatives and their conversations, the constellation of the extended family becomes visible. A constellation that is fundamentally marked by the course that history took in the second half of the 20th century, by migration and the ghosts of the past.
Watch the film’s trailer here:
Language: Vietnamese with English and German subtitles
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Philip Widmann.
The screening is part of DocFest 2016.
The event is free. However all donations are welcomed and will go to Hanoi DocLab’s not-for-profit educational programs.
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