The Cu Li or the pygmy loris is a small slow creature with huge eyes living in the forests of Vietnam. Yet, it is from Germany that a woman brings back the tamed primate in her luggage – along with her husband’s ashes – to Vietnam to visit her niece, who is preparing for her wedding despite rather precarious living conditions. The sensual, brilliant black and white of Cu Li…, and its mobile, shimmering shots take the viewer into a world brimming with memories, songs, animals and children – shots that are almost magically arranged (a far cry at any rate from traditional narrative patterns) to capture a country’s suffering, the ballet of generations, each individual’s relationship to history and time. With his debut feature, Pham Ngoc Lân gently and with the composure of a masterful director weaves a dreamlike film that hands on his powers of evocation. FM
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Cu Li Never Cries
(Cu Li Không Bao Giò Khóc)
- Vietnam
- Singapore
- France
- Philippines
- Norvège
- 2024
- Fiction
- Noir & Blanc
- 89′
- Vietnamien
- Titre français
Cu Li ne pleure jamais - Original title
Cu Li Không Bao Giò Khóc - Titre international
Cu Li Never Cries - Scénario
PHAM Ngoc Lân - Photo
VU Hoàng Trieu, NGUYEN Vinh Phúc, NGUYEN Phan Linh Dan - Montage
Julie BÉZIAU - Son
Bruno EHLINGER, Arnaud SOULIER, HOANG Thu Thuy - Musique
TRAN Kim Ngoc - Interprétation
MINH Chau, HA Phuong, XUAN An, HOANG Ha - Production
Cadence Studio, Ân Nam Productions, Epicmedia, Purple Tree, Ape&Bjorn/Storm Films, Acrobates Films - Ventes internationales
Square Eyes - Print
Acrobates Films : info@acrobatesfilms.fr - Support de projection
DCP - Sous-titrage
VOSTF, VOST électronique