Glorious Ashes. Filmfestival Box Office Around The World

In the organizer's words:

On three weekends in August, the Schlüterhof becomes a meeting place for film enthusiasts from all over the world with summery drinks and snacks. The open-air festival invites you to talk to international film stars and presents six current cinema productions that are box office hits in their countries of origin but have not yet been shown on the big screen in Germany.

Glorious Ashes: Bùi Thạc Chuyên / Vietnam 2022 / 117 min. / romantic drama / Vietnamese with English subtitles

Jealousy, spurned love, an arsonist and three women who know exactly what they want - that's what this village drama from the Mekong Delta is all about. With fantastic images of an unreal, beautiful landscape, the film tells of the relationships between people whose lives are deeply intertwined by traditions, which they carry on but against which they simultaneously revolt.

There are many secrets in the enchanted village in the Mekong Delta, where people travel to market by boat over overgrown canals, collect crabs in mangroves and where women can also cover roofs. But in this film, the idyll is not an exotic backdrop for backward-looking romance. Hậu is unhappily married to Dương, who is manically and desperately in love with Nhàn, who lives on the opposite bank of the river with a chronic arsonist. The jealousy drama with a surprising outcome takes place under the watchful, curious eyes of the neighborhood, as do the older Loan's attempts to free herself from the trauma of rape with unorthodox behavior.

This film is like an abduction into a world where words have little power. The director has received numerous awards for his feature and documentary films in Germany and abroad.

Program

19:30: Discussion with Vanessa Vu (journalist) and Dorothee Wenner (moderator) in German and Vietnamese

20:30: Film screening

- 8 EUR, reduced 4 EUR

- FSK 12

- Entrance: Portal 5.

- Note: A severe thunderstorm may cause the event to be canceled.

- English, Vietnamese

- Belongs to: Box Office Around The World