A film by Vietnamese female director Nguyen Hoang Diep beat seven otherforeign debut features to be selected as the Best Film at the 2014 VeniceInternational Film Festival by the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and Mediterranean (FEDORA).
Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flappingin the Middle of Nowhere) tells the story of Huyen (played by NguyenThuy Anh), a girl who needs money for an abortion after her boyfrienddeserts her. She then turns to a transsexual close friend for help andbegins to find happiness with a man (by Tran Bao Son) who has a specialpassion for pregnant women.
Produced by local company VBlockMedia in co-ordination with partners from France, Germany and Norway,the film won acclaim from foreign critics.
"Poised in itsmise-en-scene, poetic in employing visual panache and precise incapturing details which hint at the harsh realities of inner-city life,Diep's film offers a sensitive, sensual and surprisingly candidrepresentation of sexuality and adolescence in Vietnam," The HollywoodReporter wrote.
Director Diep said, "I'm very happy because,together with my crew, we have added a special atmosphere and colour toour first full-length movie. We call that the atmosphere of the fifthseason – not spring, summer, autumn or winter – but the season ofloneliness, filled with feminine emotions."
As Diep is currentlyat the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival to attend the screeningof her film, actors Son and Anh accepted the Lion of the Future Awardon her behalf. The movie also won a cash prize of 100,000 USD.
Local audiences can see the film at the Hanoi International Film Festival, slated in November.-VNA
Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flappingin the Middle of Nowhere) tells the story of Huyen (played by NguyenThuy Anh), a girl who needs money for an abortion after her boyfrienddeserts her. She then turns to a transsexual close friend for help andbegins to find happiness with a man (by Tran Bao Son) who has a specialpassion for pregnant women.
Produced by local company VBlockMedia in co-ordination with partners from France, Germany and Norway,the film won acclaim from foreign critics.
"Poised in itsmise-en-scene, poetic in employing visual panache and precise incapturing details which hint at the harsh realities of inner-city life,Diep's film offers a sensitive, sensual and surprisingly candidrepresentation of sexuality and adolescence in Vietnam," The HollywoodReporter wrote.
Director Diep said, "I'm very happy because,together with my crew, we have added a special atmosphere and colour toour first full-length movie. We call that the atmosphere of the fifthseason – not spring, summer, autumn or winter – but the season ofloneliness, filled with feminine emotions."
As Diep is currentlyat the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival to attend the screeningof her film, actors Son and Anh accepted the Lion of the Future Awardon her behalf. The movie also won a cash prize of 100,000 USD.
Local audiences can see the film at the Hanoi International Film Festival, slated in November.-VNA
