INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL
Drama | Running Time: 182 minutes
2023 / Vietnamese
Country: Vietnam, Singapore and France
Directed by: Thien An Pham
MENA Premiere
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Vietnamese film-maker Thien An Pham graduated in information technology before fulfilling his true passion by teaching himself how to shoot and edit films. His two short films were shown at international festivals, with his second film Stay Awake, Be Ready winning the Illy Prize at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2019. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell is his first feature
SHOWTIME
Wed 06 Dec | 6:05 PM - 9:12 PM
VOX Cinema 3 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
VOX Cinema 3 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
Thu 07 Dec | 7:40 PM - 10:47 PM
VOX Cinema 6 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
VOX Cinema 6 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
ProducerJeremy Chua, Tran Van Thi
CastLe Phong Vu, Nguyen Thi Truc Quynh, Nguyen Thinh, Vu Ngoc Manh
ScriptwriterThien An Pham
Winner of best first film at the Cannes Film Festival, this is a beautifully rendered portrait of a disengaged young man who is obliged to return to reality when his sister-in-law Hanh dies in a motorcycle accident. Suddenly, Thien (Le Phong Vu) becomes the default guardian of his five-year-old nephew Dao (Nguyen Thinh), who he decides to return to their village in the lush rural hinterland. After ensuring Hanh has a Christian burial, he must find Dao’s father Tam, his long-disappeared brother. The search leads him to a chance meeting with a woman he once loved, now a nun. Such meetings with the past gradually but inexorably return him more fully to the present.