One Thousand Days in Saigon
2012-10-01 | 53 minutes
Plot Summary
Documentary short following French-Vietnamese artist Marcelino Truong on his journey back to Vietnam for the research on his 'roman graphique' 'Une si jolie petite guerre' (A Lovely Little War). Truong looks back to when his family lived in Saigon from 1961 to 1963 when his father served as a translator to then president of the Republic of Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem. The film follows Truong as he ruminates over memories, photos and films, and also conducts a host of interviews with Vietnamese relatives and officials to present a personal and long awaited Vietnamese perspective to the war.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
Metal and Melancholy
-
The 11th Hour
-
Rated X
-
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago
-
The Models of 'Pickpocket'
-
The Art of Nôm
-
Věra 68
-
Totems
-
The Age of Loneliness
-
Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too
-
Mein Wunschland
-
Baby, It's You
-
Microcosmos
-
Dance for All
-
InRealLife
-
Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback
-
Arise
-
Design Is One
-
The Drift Back
-
Princes Street Edinburgh