Cu Li Never Cries

Program:

International Competition

Year:

2024

Country:

Viet Nam

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

92’

A woman tries to cling onto dimming links to her past after inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband; meanwhile, her niece prepares for marriage as the young couple ponders their gloomy future together. The present and the complex echoes of Vietnamese history are entwined before a contemplative and poetic perspective.

Schedule

Pham Ngoc Lan

Vietnamese film director with a background in urban planning and architecture. Lan’s debut short film THE STORY OF ONES has been screened in numerous film festivals and art museums. His first two short fiction films, ANOTHER CITY and BLESSED LAND both premiered at the Berlinale Shorts Competition. His newest short film THE UNSEEN RIVER, which is part of the anthology project MEKONG 2030, premiered at the Pardi di Domani in Locarno Film Festival.

Filmography: Cu Li Không Bao Gio Khóc (2024), The Unseen River (2020), Mekong 2030 (2020), Mot Khu Dat Tot (2019), Thanh Pho Khac (2016), Chuyên moi nhà (2011)

Creative team

Director

Pham Ngoc Lan

Screenplay

Pham Ngoc Lan, Nghiem Quynh Trang

Camera

Vu Hoang Trieu, Nguyen Vinch Phuc, Nguyen Phan Linh Dan

Editing

Julie Béziau

Sound Design

Arnaud Soulier

Producer