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Winner of the prestigious Camera d’Or for best first film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the enthralling Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell from Vietnamese filmmaker Thien An Pham is a reverie on faith, loss, and nature expressed with uncommon invention and depth. It’s a simple tale told with visual complexity: after a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien (Le Phong Vu) leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others’ religious beliefs, summons memories of his long-disappeared brother, and reconnects with a former girlfriend who now lives as a nun at a Christian church and school. With its drifting camera, evocative use of natural light, and gratifying perambulatory nature, this is a film with the power to readjust one’s perceptions of the world around us.
Original Release
08/11/2023
US Release
01/19/2024
Cast
Name | Character |
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Le Phong Vu | Thien |
Nguyen Thinh | Dao |
Vu Ngoc Manh | Trung |
Nguyen Thi Truc Quynh | Sister Thao |
Nguyen Van Lu'u | Mr. Luu |
Phi Dieu | The Old Lady |
Manh Cuong Tran | The Priest |
Phan Ti My Duyen | Sister Duyen |
Vu Trong Tuyen | Long |
Nguyen Han | Bao |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Le Phong Vu | Thien |
Nguyen Thinh | Dao |
Vu Ngoc Manh | Trung |
Nguyen Thi Truc Quynh | Sister Thao |
Nguyen Van Lu'u | Mr. Luu |
Phi Dieu | The Old Lady |
Manh Cuong Tran | The Priest |
Phan Ti My Duyen | Sister Duyen |
Vu Trong Tuyen | Long |
Nguyen Han | Bao |
Ngo Thuy Tien | The Beer Saleswoman |
Ba Vo | The Hospital Staff |
Chau Thien Kim | The Masseuse |
Nguyen Thi Hoai Dung | Ngoc |
Do Thien Hoang | The Baby |
Anh Nguyen | The Motorbike Mechanic |
Chi Nguyen | The Woman Drink Seller |
K'Brom | The Man Helphing Thien |
Anh Son-Tan Van Phu | The Hearse Driver |
Anh Chinh | The Hairdresser |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tran Van Thi | Executive Producer |
Jeremy Chua | Producer |
Marie Dubas | Producer |
Gabriel Kaplan | Producer |
Adrià Monés | Producer |
Ka Nguyen | Producer |
Tran Van Thi | Producer |