INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL

Dir. Phạm Thiên Ân | Vietnam | 2023 | 182 mins
with English sub-titles
starring Lê Phong Vũ, Nguyễn Thị Trúc, Quỳnh Nguyễn Thịnh

After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, Thien leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural home town. 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.

Winner, Best Asian Film, Singapore International Film Festival
Winner, Best Director, Bucharest International Film Festival

★★★★★
‘This is a remarkable debut feature; provocative, absorbing and mysterious. There are no easy answers to the big existential questions, just a desire to seek them out with a kind heart and good intentions.’ — Allan Hunter, Screen Daily

★★★★★
‘There’s something singularly fulfilling in a film, like this one, that truly demands that most precious commodity: our attention.’ — Zachary Barnes, Wall Street Journal

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