Bi, dung so!
Phan Dang Di
In old Hanoi, Bi a six-year-old child, his parents, his aunt and their servant are living together in one house. After years of absence, his grandfather, gravely ill, returned from abroad and settles home. Gradually, a relationship grows between Bi and his grandfather.
With : Tran Tien, Mai Chau, Nguyen Ha Phong, Nguyen Thi Kieu Trinh, Hoa Thuy, Phan Than Minh
Screenplay : Phan Dang Di
Image : Pham Quang Minh
Editing : Julie Beziau
Music : Vu Nhat Tan
Sound : Franck Desmoulins et Roman Dymny
Screenplay : Phan Dang Di
Image : Pham Quang Minh
Editing : Julie Beziau
Music : Vu Nhat Tan
Sound : Franck Desmoulins et Roman Dymny
Production : Acrobates Films, Claire Lajoumard, 78 rue Orfila, 75020 Paris, France / Tél : +331 43 15 89 99 / Fax : +331 43 15 90 00 / Email : acrobatesfilms@acrobatesfilms.fr
Born in 1976 in Nghe An (Viet Nam), Phan Dang Di started his career as an independent filmmaker after graduating from Hanoi University of Cinema and Theatre. He is currently reaching screen-writing at Hanoi National University. He is part of the new wave of filmmakers in Vietnam. I strained myself to avoid any dramatic element, I neither wanted my character to face an ordeal they had to overcome nor to explain their psychological progression. I did not care very much about chronological order. What I wanted to create are realistic sensations but hard to explain. Human relationships mixed with events that occur to each one. [...] The three masculine characters in the movie (Bi, his father, his grandfather) are in fact only one man at different stages of his life. Their common point is their need for women. They need their care, their protection, their love, to be exhausted by them.