Movies to be screened in Hanoi this month

A scene from "Before Sunset".

On September 22 (7.30pm), one of the three films in the “Before” trilogy by director Richard Linklater will be presented at the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD), 51 Tran Hung Dao Street (4th floor), Hanoi. It will be “Before Sunset” (2004), a sequel of the first film “Before Sunrise” after 9 years.

Before Sunset is the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). Like its predecessor, the film was directed by Richard Linklater. He shares screenplay credit with actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, and with Kim Krizan, the screenwriter for the first film featuring these two characters.

The film picks up the story in Before Sunrise of the young American man (Hawke) and French woman (Delpy) who spent a passionate night together in Vienna. Their paths intersect nine years later in Paris, and the film appears to take place in real time as they spend an afternoon together.

Before Sunset received broad critical acclaim and has appeared on many publications’ lists of the best films of the 2000s. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The director and lead actors collaborated on another film following these characters, Before Midnight, which was released in 2013 and also gained acclaim.

Language: English/French with Vietnamese subtitles
The film screening is for educational purpose and fundraising for Young Cinema Fund of TPD, with donation (at the door) of VND20,000/audience.

Also on September 22, 7.30pm, the movie “Soleil Ô – Oh, Sun” will be screened at Six Space, 6th floor, 94B Tran Hung Dao Street, Hanoi.

“Oh, Sun” (Soleil Ô) is the story of a Mauritanian man who moves to Paris in search for a job and a better life. But as he’s, place after place, rejected by potential employers, he realized racism is deeply rooted into French society. No one will offer him an interview, no landlord will let him a decent apartment, and women only give him humiliation. What follows is a long reflection with African comrades on slavery, oppression, humiliation, immigration and contempt.

Med Hondo’s “Oh, Sun” is often perceived as a radical critique of French society as it forces us out of our comfort zone by shoving all those injustices in our faces. But only so can we really look into the roots of racism, confront them and approach critically issues of domination and “Otherness” not only in France, but in Europe, the West and here too, in East Asia.

The movie was directed by Med Hondo and released in 1967.

Language: French with dual Eng-Viet subs.
Entrance fee: VND50,000 - Student: VND30,000

“Soleil Ô – Oh, Sun”

On September 23, the movie “Un Indien dans la Ville” will be introduced at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi at 3.30pm.

“Un Indien dans la Ville” (France, 1994, 89’) was directed by Hervé Palud, casting Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Ludwig Briant, and Miou-Miou.

A humorous and touching family comedy about the kind-hearted stock broker Steph living in Paris, who discovers that he has a son, Mimi-Siku, living in the heart of the Venezuelan Rain forest. Steph brings Mimi-Siku to Paris where all the fun begins… How do you sell soya beans on an ever decreasing market, stay out of the clutches of the Latvian Mafia and try to keep a hold on your out of control son who is climbing up the Eiffel Tower on the outside, grilling expensive and exotic pet fish on the terrace of your apartment? The relationship between Steph and Mimi-Siku grows very quickly to become one of trust and real friendship and through the eyes of his son, Steph discovers life’s true values.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles

Ticket price: VND50,000, VND40,000 for students
Tickets are available at L’Espace. (from 9 am – 8 pm, except 6.30 – 7 pm)

The Autumn Queer Film Week will take place at the Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi and Savage, 112 Xuan Dieu Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi on September 19-22.

The Hanoi International Queer Film Week – Autumn (HIQFW Autumn for short) - is a non-profit Queer-themed film screening event that screens both Vietnamese and International cinematic works in order to bring Queer films and more diverse stories of the Queer community to the people in Hanoi. This event is a part of Hanoi Pride 2017 in Hanoi this September.

From September 19th – 22nd, 9 Queer movies from all over the world will be brought to the audiences in Hanoi. You will laugh and cry, be happy and feel the sadness just in one week, because 9 movies are 9 different stories that were shared by Queer people themselves.

Entrance is free.