Bi, dung so! (2010)
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Phan Thành Minh, Trân Tiên, Nguyên Hà Phong, Nguyên Thi Kiêu Trinh
In Hanoi’s oppressive rainy-season heat, six-year-old Bi discovers life as the adults around him quietly wrestle with desire and unfulfilled love.
The story
In Hanoi during the rainy season, six-year-old Bi lives with his family in a house beside an ice factory that serves as a mysterious playground. The city is sweltering, and the adults in his household endure their private, unfulfilled desires in silence. Bi’s father is in love with a young masseuse, while his mother redirects her affection toward the seriously ill paternal grandfather. Bi’s aunt, meanwhile, is overwhelmed by her attraction to a young high school student. As the adults’ complicated feelings shape the atmosphere of family life, Bi is beginning to discover the world around him.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In Hanoi, six-year-old Bi lives with his family in a house near an ice factory, a mysterious playground. It is the rainy season, and the heat is sweeping over the city. In this sweltering world, the adults silently suffer from their unfulfilled desires and loves: his father is in love with a young masseuse, his mother redirects her affection toward the seriously ill paternal grandfather, and his aunt is overwhelmed by her attraction to a young high school student. Bi, meanwhile, is discovering life...
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