In October, the institute for cultural exchange with France (Idécaf), and the Goethe Institute HCMC will screen six award winning films from France, Germany and Vietnam.
French film La Graine et Le Mulet directed by Abdellatif Kechiche tells of a 60-year-old man named Beiji. A father of a broken family, he works at the marine port but his life gets harder as he gets old forcing him to give up his dream to own a restaurant. His family love him, however, and get together to try to make Beiji’s dream come true.
La Graine et Le Mulet will be screened on Oct 2 at 3 p.m. The movie won four Cesar awards in 2008, including best movie award.
Comme Les Autres of France also at 3 p.m. on Oct 9, was made by Vincent Garenq with Lambert Wilson, Pilar López de Ayala, Pascal Elbé and Anne Brochet. The film is a story of two gay men who cannot adopt a child. One of them marries a Columbian woman so she can live in France. She has to bear a child for her husband… and for his boyfriend.
Divided Heaven, a German movie based on the 1960’s novel of Christa Wolf describes the love tragedy of two persons when Germany was divided. Rita and Manfred fall in love but they have opposing political views. Rita has to choose when Manfred leaves the German Democratic Republic for Western Germany.
The film by director Konrad Wolf starring Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant and Audrey Dana will be screened on Oct 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Bi, Don’t Be Afraid!, a Vietnamese movie that won two awards at Cannes 2010, will be screened at 3p.m. on Oct 16. It is directed by Phan Dang Di and stars Hoa Thuy, Kieu Trinh, Mai Chau, Tran Tien, Ha Phong and Phan Thanh Minh.
The film is a story about a Hanoian family told by a six-year-old boy named Bi. His father and grandpa are distracted from family affairs by their hobbies, but don’t know they are hurting the women in the family.
Letters from Son My, which was shown at Cannes 2010, will be screened on Oct 23, 40 years after the Son My massacre. William Calley, a lieutenant who had commanded a massacre of 504 innocent people in 1968, apologizes to the public: “There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai. I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry....”
The film follows Calley as he stays in the house of a Vietnamese piano teacher, who he met on a train to Quang Ngai Province. Calley sends letters to his wife and tells her about how Vietnam has changed and the strong character of people in Son My on Tuesday.
Le Dan directed the movie.
The Little Heart of Nguyen Thanh Van, starring Hong Anh, Lan Ha and Kim Hanh will be screened at 3p.m. on Oct 30. The film tells about Mai, a 17-year-old girl, who leaves her home town for Saigon with the hope to be a tailor. But Saigon is not what she hoped for and she returns home with HIV.
The Little Heart won the 2007 Silver and Golden Kite Awards for best director, actress, soundtrack and movie.
Idécaf is at 31 Thai Van Lung, HCMC’s District 1 with tickets at VND15,000.
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