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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Unclassified 15+

Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Genre: Drama

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This hypnotic, transcendental debut feature follows a young man’s mystical journey across a beguiling rural Vietnam.

Thien, a detached and morose Saigon thirtysomething, has little idea that his life is about to be pushed towards a vast spiritual reckoning. After learning of his sister-in-law’s death in a motorcycle accident, he is given temporary custody of her five-year-old son; together, uncle and nephew begin the arduous mission of returning the body to her home village for burial while searching for the boy’s father – Thien’s long-lost brother.

Expanding on his prize-winning 2019 short Stay Awake, Be Ready, Phạm Thiên Ân has delivered a breathtaking, formally accomplished tale of family, loss and grief – a spellbinding journey across the seductive, dreamlike landscape of the countryside and the soul, which won the 2023 Caméra d’Or at Cannes. With its hypnotic rhythm, exquisite visuals and textured sound design, Pham’s three-hour film evokes the work of such heavyweight auteurs as Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Tsai Ming-liang, confirming it as an unmissable masterpiece from one of cinema’s most gifted new talents.

“A spellbinding tale of the soul’s unfathomable desire for the other-worldly, that does itself border on transcendental in its filmmaking.” – IndieWire


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Director Phạm Thiên Ân will be in attendance for the screenings on Wednesday 16 and Friday 18 August.

Tickets

Sun 13 Aug 7:00 pm [13521]
Standby
ACMI 1
Assistive ListeningWheelchair Access100% Subtitles Hearing Loop
Past event
Wed 16 Aug 1:30 pm [14650]
Selling Fast
ACMI 2
Assistive ListeningWheelchair Access100% Subtitles Hearing Loop
Past event
Fri 18 Aug 11:15 am [11740]
Forum
Assistive ListeningWheelchair Access100% Subtitles
Past event
Stream from
18-27 Aug
[40404]
Selling Fast
MIFF Play (Streaming)
100% Subtitles
Past event

For information about the accessible services being offered at MIFF, please visit miff.com.au/access. If you require any access service, such as wheelchair/step-free access, for any MIFF session, please call 03 8660 4888 or email boxoffice@miff.com.au to book your ticket.

Key Cast
Le Phong Vu, Nguyen Thi Truc Quynh, Nguyen Thinh, Vu Ngoc Manh
Director
Phạm Thiên Ân
Producers
Jeremy Chua, Tran Van Thi
Screenwriter
Phạm Thiên Ân
Cinematographer
Dinh Duy Hung
Editor
Phạm Thiên Ân
Production Designer
Phạm Thiên Ân
Premiere Status
Australian Premiere

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