Film screened to promote Italy-Vietnam cultural cooperation
The film Hoa Nhai (Jasmine) by Vietnamese director Dang Nhat Minh has been screened in Italy as part of activities in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Italy diplomatic relations.
Representatives of Italy and Vietnam pose for a group photo at the film screening event (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA)♈ – The film Hoa Nhai (Jasmine) byVietnamese director Dang Nhat Minh has been screened in Italy as part of activities in celebrationof the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Italy diplomaticrelations.
The event was jointly organised by Vietnamese Embassy in Italy, the Administrationof Rimini city, Italy - Vietnam Foundation, Fulgor Cinema, Fellini Film Libraryand Museum, Rotary Clubs in Romagna, Rimini, Rimini Riviera and CerviaCesenatico. Marco Leonetti, who is in charge of Rimini Film Library andMuseum, said the screening of the Vietnamese film is one of the special activities that the museum is organising tofurther promote relations between the two sides, especially cooperation interms of art and culture. Nguyen Thai Hoc, Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Italyemphasised that the event marks another step forward incultural and art collaboration between Vietnam and Italy, adding that it iseven more meaningful as it was held in the city of Rimini, the hometown of the latetalented director Federico Fellini. He said "Jasmine", which is among those attending the Asian Film Festival in Rome in May this year, is one of the typical films of Vietnam recently, depicting the normal life in Vietnam with vivid images of the Vietnamese land and people in the modern time. The film is about human relations during the busy life in anurban area. The characters include a shoeshine boy, a Hanoi-sidewalkbarber, an old couple and an old musician who teaches a choir of blind children. The film focuses on kindness and concern for others which alwaysconnects people and makes everything firm and meaningful./.
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Representatives of Italy and Vietnam pose for a group photo at the film screening event (Photo: VNA) 
