Adrift (2009)

Original title

Chơi vơi

Directed by

Bùi Thạc Chuyên

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG12

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young tourist guide marries a taxi driver but her female friend still has feelings for her. The film follows these three people navigating loneliness and unspoken desires in modern Vietnam.

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What happens

Adrift (Vietnamese: Chơi vơi) is a 2009 Vietnamese film directed by Bui Thac Chuyen and stars Đỗ Thị Hải Yến, Linh Dan Pham, Johnny Tri Nguyen and Nguyen Duy Khoa. Hai Yen plays Duyen, a young tourist guide who marries Hai (Duy Khoa), a taxi driver, but her friend and writer Cam (Linh Dan) still has feelings for her. The film deals with issues in modern Vietnam such as homosexuality and loneliness of the young generation. The film is a co-production between Feature Film Studio n°1 (Vietnam) and Acrobates Films (France). Adrift was selected to participate in the Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Bangkok International Film Festival. At the 66th Venice International Film Festival, FIPRESCI awarded Adrift with its prize for young directors and cinemas. At the Cines del Sur Festival 2010, the film won the NETPAC award. The film earned three nominations at the 4th Asian Film Awards, including Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematographer, Best Composer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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