After a dangerous sea crossing and a stay in a camp in Malaysia, the young Vietnamese Tinh and her family are accepted as refugees in Canada and arrive in Montreal where they begin their new life. But for Tinh, adapting has its share of difficulties.
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and prestige.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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- IzzyIzzieon TMDB · Nov 20239/10
8.5/10 —> 4.25/5 This was a great film. Very solid filmmaking and acting all around the board, but especially from the lead, Chloé Djandji, an incredible child actor, her first gig as well. Chloé was stellar at portraying the reserved, shy and traumatized Tinh, showing clear acting abilities in the way she keeps the reserved demeanour, yet shows so much feeling and thought at the same time. We are also seeing things in her perspective and memories, leading to the interesting structure of the film, as well as how we see them. Particularly on their journey away from their home country I really liked a lot of the camerawork used in this film as well. Lots of broad views and long shots, which is interestingly something I’ve noticed is very common not just in indie cinema, but in Quebec films as well, such as Les Chambres Rouges and Vampire Humaniste; its an interesting stylistic choice that’s more common here than elsewhere, from what I’ve seen. Its very well conceived cinematography as well. One moment I really appreciated was when they are getting onto the boat, and as Tinh struggles to stay afloat, so does the camera, since the film’s in her perspective. That was a great moment of c
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Cast
- Chloé DjandjiTinh
- Chantal ThuyNguyen
- Jean BuiMinh
- Olivier DinhQuôc
- Xavier NguyenDuc
- Patrice RobitailleNormand Girard
- Karine VanasseLisette Girard
- Mali Corbeil-GauvreauJohanne Girard
- Benoît MauffetteJean Girard
- Eugénie BeaudryLouise Girard
Crew
- Charles-Olivier MichaudDirector
- Jacques DavidtsWriter
- Kim ThúyNovel
- Jean-François LordDirector of Photography
- Michel CorriveauOriginal Music Composer
- Claude PalardyEditor
- André DupuyProducer
- Marie-Alexandra ForgetProducer
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