Film Screening “A Little Lieutenant”

L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

 “A Little Lieutenant” is directed by Xavier Beauvois with the cast of Nathalie Baye, Jalil Lespert, Roschdy Zem, Antoine Chappey, Xavier Beauvois, Jacques Perrin, Patrick Chauvel, Jean Lespert, Réginald Huguenin.

Synopsis: After graduating from Police Academy, Antoine came to Paris to join Second Division of Justice Police. Coming back to her service after giving up alcoholism, Carolina Vaudieu chose this little lieutenant for her group. Antoine, with enthusiasm, learned his job with his fellows. Vandieu rapidly became intimate with his young man who was the same age as her missing son.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Ticket price: 20 000 VND

Special price: 10 000 VND

New Program for Polish Violin Concert

Tue 10 May 2011, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

The violin concert performed by Alicja Smietana with Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Carlos Cuesta is next Tuesday.

Ticket price: 150 000, 250 000 VND

Tickets are available at Hanoi Opera House and Vietnam Academy of Music.

Tel: Mr. Phuong: 0983067996; 0913489858

Or Mr Chi at 0913566614 for tickets.

Art Exhibition “Trees and Sun”

Opening: Sat 07 May, 4.30 pm

Exhibition: 07 -17 May 2011

Applied Arts Gallery, 5 Phan Dang Luu St., Ward 3, Binh Thanh Dist., HCMC

 “Trees and Sun” introduces paintings by artist Ho Van Hung at Applied Arts Gallery.

Screening of Adrift

Fri 06 May 2011, 8 pm

TPD, 22 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

TPD Center will organize a program on ‘Friday Night with Vietnam Cinema’ with the screening of the film Adrift (director Bui Thac Chuyen). In this program, TPD calling out for audiences’ contribution to continue the operation of its center in the future.

Agenda

- 7.30 pm: Reception

- 8 pm: Screening of the film Adrift (with English Subtitle)

Booking:

- Via email (tpdmovie@gmail.com).

- Directly at TPD Center

- Via phone (invitation delivery at door)

Methods of contribution:

- Direct donation at TPD Center (for direct booking method)

- Home donation (for phone booking)

- Suggested Donation 100,000 VND

Facility:

- Full HD projector (1920×1080)

- Wide screen

- Digital sound 5.1

- 23-seat screening room

About Adrift (2009)

Director: Bui Thac Chuyen

Cast: Do Thi Hai Yen, Duy Khoa, Pham Linh Dan, Johnny Tri Nguyen

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 110 mins

Plot: Duyen is getting married. She thinks she loves her fiance, who is two years younger. But what does that actually mean? The tempestuous wedding ends without romance. The naive bridegroom turns out to be a mother’s boy. He is carried into the bedroom blind drunk and is later incapable of consummating the marriage. Through a jealous girlfriend, Duyen finds herself in the circles of a charming man of the world who has no respect for faithfulness or morality and who awakens confusing feelings in her. The inexperienced husband has meanwhile crossed the path of a teenage girl who fled her father.

Awards:

- FIPRESCI Prize Award – Venice Film Festival

- Three nomination of Asia film award for best scrift writer, Best Director of photographie, Best Composer.

- Gold Kite for Best Cinematography – Vietnam Cinema Association

- Golden Kite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Vietnam Cinema Association

The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents was established with the purposes of designing and implementing programs to assist and develop movie talents and other activities for the development of Vietnamese cinema.

Photography Book “Spring Visits”

Book Signing: Sat 07 May 2011, 2 – 5 pm

Bookworm, 44 Chau Long, Hanoi

Don is an American Vet. Who has been in involved in humanitarian projects in Vietnam since 1992. He’s been photographing the country on spring visits ever since.

SPRING VISITS was named 2010 Photography Book of the Year by Publishers West

USA.

Don will be signing books and talking individually to people in the courtyard café this Saturday.

Complimentary white wine and traditional Vietnamese music.

All purchasers of ‘Spring Visits’ will receive a valuable free print of a photograph from the book.

Framed prints for sale.

Profit from book and print sales will help the Madison Quakers who are involved in bomb clearance in Quang Tri and at Son My (My Lai) in Quang Ngai.

The Bookworm is a non profit art space and rent and commissions are not charged.

Nguyen Minh Thanh Solo Exhibition

Opening: Sat 07 May 2011, 4.30 pm

Exhibition: 07 May – 07 Jun 2011

New Space Arts Foundation, 28 Pham Ngu Lao, Hue City

Artist Nguyen Minh Thanh shares his idea about his exhibition “Clouds of The Old Days”: On the first day that I came to Laithe village, I passed the temple and I noticed mighty pillars with meticulous bas-relief patterns, most of them were clouds. The clouds appear somewhat densely on the pillar. Here and there in almost all temples, mausoleums, or ancient houses in the region of Hue, the clouds are always included in the decoration. The clouds some how are too much, but they also seem to be forgotten in these modern days.

Hence I borrow the images of these ancient clouds for my works, with a little hope that they would come back from the old days to beautify our soul and our life, again.

My wish is that these old clouds will make the present day more honorable, at this very moment, right here where I’m making these works.”

Manga Exhibition at Vietnam Fine Arts Museum 

Opening: Wed 18 May 2011, 6 pm

Exhibition: 19 May – 16 June 2011

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents an experimental exhibition “Manga Realities: Exploring the Art of Japanese Comics Today”. The highly acclaimed Manga exhibition in Japan and South Korea finally comes to Vietnam

This exhibition focuses on 9 distinguished Japanese manga works that have gained attention since 2000: Number Five, The World God Only Knows, Children of the Sea, Sugar Sugar Rune, BECK, Nodame Cantabile, Solanin, Sennen Gaho, and Five Minutes from the Station. All of these 9 manga works have not yet been translated into Vietnamese and this exhibition will be the first place to introduce them to Vietnamese audience.

A manga reading room will be also set up at the museum for the visitor’s reference.

Free admission to exhibition.

Other related activities include:

Weekend Piano Mini Concert

Every Sat and Sun, 10 – 10.30 am & 3 – 3.30 pm

The exhibition room for “Nodame Cantabile” – 2nd floor of Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

A Vietnamese pianists Ms. Tran Huong Giang and Ms. Le Thi Yenwill play the piano tunes featured in the manga titled “Nodame Cantabile” on every weekend.

*The schedule is subject to change without notice.

A Manga guidebook in Vietnamese

A guidebook written in a Manga style is available for the visitors during the exhibition. Visitors will enhance their understandings on the exhibition by the unique experience of reading the Manga guidebook during their tour on site.

Lecture Series on Manga

Lecture I: “Japanese Manga: The entertainment crossing time and space”

By Ms. Takahashi Mizuki (Cutator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)

Thu 19 May 2011, 2 – 4 pm

Classroom 202, Building C, Vietnam University of Fine Arts – 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi, Vietnam

Lecture II: “Manga into Art”

By Mr. Kusumi Kiyoshi (Art Critic & Associate Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University)

Sat 04 June 2011, 2 – 4 pm

Classroom 202, Building C, Vietnam University of Fine Arts – 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi, Vietnam

The lectures will be delivered in Japanese with Vietnamese interpretation.

Advanced reservation is highly recommended (Maximum 100 persons each) by contacting Ms. Nha (098-293-9314) or Mr. Yoshioka (0123-384-4138)

Piano Duo D’Accord to perform in Vietnam

Germany’s Piano Duo D’Accord will give performances at the Hanoi Opera House on May 9 and the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Theatre the next day to celebrate European Days in Vietnam 2011.

The group was established in Munich, Germany, in 1999 by the two pianists, Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler.

They have won many international awards and gained extensive experience performing abroad. They have also cooperated with famous bands in Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific region, coordinated with Heinrich Schiff and Christoph Poppen, and produced many CDs. 

The two pianists are now teaching at Innsbruck Conservatoire in Germany.

Free tickets are available at the Goethe Institute on 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi and on Street No.1, District 3, HCM City.

PV