The 14-year-old girl May, the film's protagonist (Photo: VNA) Cairo (VNA) – Vietnamese movieNguoi Vo Ba (The Third Wife) on November 29 received the Best ArtisticContribution in International Competition awards at the 40th Cairo InternationalFilm Festival (CIFF).
Directed by Nguyen Phuong Anh (Ash Mayfair), thefilm was among the best 14 of the international competition category at theCIFF.
It tells a story in the 19th century ruralVietnam, in which a 14-year-old girl becomes the third wife of a wealthylandowner. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by giving birth to ababy boy.
Her hope to change her status turns into a realand tantalising possibility when she becomes pregnant. Faced with forbiddenlove and its devastating consequences, she finally comes to understand thebrutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between.
The first motion picture by director Phuong Anhwon the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) award for the bestAsian film at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. It alsoearned the Best Film award at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival inIndia this month.
The 40th CIFF took place from November 20 to 29,featuring more than 160 movies of 59 countries and territories. It is an annualevent organised by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and viewed among major andacclaimed film festivals of the world.
In last year’s edition of the festival, Dao CuaDan Ngu Cu (The Way Station) by young director Pham Thi Hong Anh was includedin the list of best 16 films. –VNA
Directed by Nguyen Phuong Anh (Ash Mayfair), thefilm was among the best 14 of the international competition category at theCIFF.
It tells a story in the 19th century ruralVietnam, in which a 14-year-old girl becomes the third wife of a wealthylandowner. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by giving birth to ababy boy.
Her hope to change her status turns into a realand tantalising possibility when she becomes pregnant. Faced with forbiddenlove and its devastating consequences, she finally comes to understand thebrutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between.
The first motion picture by director Phuong Anhwon the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) award for the bestAsian film at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. It alsoearned the Best Film award at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival inIndia this month.
The 40th CIFF took place from November 20 to 29,featuring more than 160 movies of 59 countries and territories. It is an annualevent organised by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and viewed among major andacclaimed film festivals of the world.
In last year’s edition of the festival, Dao CuaDan Ngu Cu (The Way Station) by young director Pham Thi Hong Anh was includedin the list of best 16 films. –VNA
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