First Rain, Brise-Soleil

2022

16m

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Drama

Overview

The film opens with the fictional narrative of a Vietnamese-Khmer construction worker who specializes in brise-soleil, the concrete lattices for shading and ventilating buildings that, in cities like Ho Chi Minh City (before 1976 named Saigon), unite a traditional Vietnamese building technique with a modern material linked to US domination. The film’s second half, set during the 18th century’s feudal wars, centers on a folkloric love story between a Vietnamese medicinal healer and a Khmer woman that unfolds around the symbolic significance of a durian (or “thouren”) fruit, a major product of the Mekong Delta.

Status: Released

Language: VI

Production Information

Production Companies

Han Nefkens Foundation

Production Countries

Vietnam

Spoken Languages

Vietnamese

Quick Facts

Release Date	April 23, 2022
Status	Released
Language	VI
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Cast

Key Crew

Thảo Nguyên Phan

Director

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