In 1969, Robert Kramer went to Vietnam. From Hanoï, he hrought back a 40-minute b&w film called "the People's War". Twenty-three year later, he returns to Vietnam with his hand-held camera and a sharp-eyed curiosity to see, meet and make sense of a country now perched between its Communist legacy and the attractions of a market economy. His first conversation is with the man who was his guide in 1969. There's talk of translating books (John Reed, Cervantes !) and the preference for forceful literature ("Ten Days That Shook the World", "Don Quixote"). Henceforth, the film progesses in a continual search at its marks, constantly shifting them, indulging its fascination with the daily world it records in striking images, outside any fixed framework. The film is a visual score, like the blues. It mixes past and present, explores memories, evokes hopes.
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Executive Producers :
Ruben Korenfeld, Richard Copans
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Feature film
Genres :
DocumentaryProduction language :
FrenchCoproducer countries :
Great Britain, FranceOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedNationality :
Majority French (Great Britain, France)Production year :
1994French release :
09/03/1994Runtime :
1 h 30 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
82.580Visa issue date :
21/02/1994Approval :
YesProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
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