Director: Phan Dang Di
Scénariste : Phan Dang Di
Cinematographer: Pham Quang Minh
Editing: Julie Béziau
Sound: Franck Desmoulins, Roman Dymny
Music: Vu Nhat Tan
Cast.: Phan Thanh Minh, Tran Tien, Nguyen Ha Phong, Nguyen Thi Kieu Trinh, Hoa Thuy, Hoang Phuong Thao
Production: Aribam Syam Sharma Productions
Distribution:
Acrobates Films
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75018 Paris
Tel: 0033-1.82.83.35.35
Fax: 0033-1.82.83.35.36
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 2010
DCP, Color, 92 min,
OV Vietnamese with French subtitles
In Hanoi, six-year-old boy Bi lives with his family in a house close to an ice factory which is a mysterious playground. It is the season of rains and the city is overcome by heat. After years of silence, his paternal grand-father, now seriously ill, comes back to his family house. While Bi establishes a relationship of complicity with him, his father runs away from home to take comfort in the company of a young masseuse he desires. His mother turns a blind eye to this relationship and transfers her affection to the grandfather. His prude unmarried aunt, for her part, is overwhelmed by her sudden attraction to a young college boy. In this world where adults silently suffer from their thwarted desires, young Bi discovers life…
This debut feature of a director “whose cinema is a cinema which questions without necessarily bringing answers”, Bi, Don’t Be Afraid is a sensitive and sensual film shot in non-government studios.
