VietNamNet Bridge – Famous movies from the US, France and Hong Kong ̣(China) will be screened in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang and HCM City this weekend and early next week.

“Comrades: Almost a Love Story” will be screened at The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents, 51 Tran Hung Dao Street (4th floor), Hanoi on October 6, at 7.30 pm.

Comrades: Almost a Love Story • Hong Kong • 1996

118′ | Drama • Romance

Directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan (as Peter Chan)

Language: Cantonese with Vietnamese subtitles

• The film screening is for educational purpose and fundraising for Young Cinema Fund of TPD.

• Donation (at the door): VND20,000/audience.

• Doors open at 7 pm and close when the screening room is full.

• Seats are assigned on first-come-first-served basis.

Comrades: Almost a Love Story stars Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, and Kristy Yang. The title refers to Tian mi mi, a song by Teresa Teng whose songs are featured in the film. It was filmed on location in Hong Kong and New York City.

The film was very well received in Hong Kong and Taiwan, winning best picture, director, and actress for the Hong Kong Film Awards, among other wins. Maggie Cheung’s performance also won general acclaim. The movie was voted #11 of the Greatest Chinese Films of all time by the Chinese Movie Database and #28 of the 100 Greatest Chinese Films by the Hong Kong Film Awards. It is also listed in the 100 Greatest Chinese Films of the 20th Century by Asia Weekly Magazine.

In 2011, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival listed Comrades: Almost a Love Story at number 16 in their list of “100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films”. The majority of the voters originated from Taiwan, and included film scholars, festival programmers, film directors, actors and producers.

“Frederick Law Olmsted and the Public Park in America” will be screened in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang and HCM City on October 7-8.

Screening: Sat 07 Oct 2017

Hanoi: 10 am

Ca phe Thu bay

3A Ngo Quyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

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Ho Chi Minh city: 3 pm

Ca phe Thu bay

19B Pham Ngoc Thach, Ward 6, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City

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Haiphong: 10 am

LightUp

7th, Bac Viet Coffee, 4B Ho Sen street, Le Chan district, Haiphong

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Danang: Sun 08 Oct 2017, 9 am

Room 204, Danang University of Architecture

566 Nui Thanh, Hai Chau district, Danang

Last September, the Architecture Film Club organized the screening of “The vertical farms”, a film on the construction of urban farm “towers” in the future. This is also considered a way to recreate nature in the cities. The film has raised many debates about whether or not to use technological innovations as a primary tool in the recreation of nature.

In October, still revolving around the topic of creations by human in the city, the club will bring about another subject: the parks. As we know, a park is a vital public space in the city, where microclimates and bio-diversities are created which have a good effect on human’s mental health. This is also where human exchanges happen, a place owned by the people, a proof of an equal society. Parks have always been a fundamental criteria of a sustainable city.

“Frederick Law Olmsted and the Public Park in America” by director T.W. Timreck will be screened on October 7-8, showing the audience the values of a park that many times, we don’t see its effects. However, the primary attraction of the movie is the life story of the first landscape architect of America, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the process of his first project: New York’s Central Park. The film talks about his uncompromising battle in politics and social classes in American society in the mid-19th century, when he brought about the idea of an “open” park, which was very new at the time. “Open” means connecting the city with the park, creating a grand landscape effect, but also open for every social class to benefit from this public space. Many landscape design philosophies by Frederick Law Olmsted are also mentioned in the film – full of artistic creativity, humanity and closeness to nature.

The film is made in the form of a storytelling movie, but also has the characteristics of a historical documentary. Parts of his romantic life are also included in the film, revealing how they affect the artistic life of a man who designed hundreds of parks in America.

The film will be screened with Vietnamese subtitles.

Free entry.

Two French movies “Rosalie Blum” (France, 2016, 95’) and “Gus petit oiseau, grand voyage” (France, 2015, 91’) will be introduced by L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on Sunday, October 8 at 3.30 and 6.30pm.

“Rosalie Blum”

Directors: Julien Rappeneau

Casts: Noémie Lvovsky, Kyan Khojandi, Alice Isaaz and others

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles.

Ticket price: VND60,000 ($3)

Cinema card (10 and 50 seats) accepted – receive cinema tickets at the reception of L’Espace

Tickets available at L’Espace (from 09:00 – 20:00, except for 18:30 – 19:00)

Film synopsis: Vincent Machot knows his life by heart. His life rotates around his hair salon, his cousin, his cat, and his mother who is a little too overbearing. But then life is full of surprises, even for the most prudent.

He meets Rosalie Blum by chance, a mysterious and solitary woman whom he’s convinced that he has already met somewhere. But where?

Intrigued, he decides to follow her in hope of knowing more. He did not once doubt that this would bring him into an adventure full of the unexpected where he will discover erratic yet charming people. One thing is certain: Vincent Machot’s life will change…

Gus petit oiseau, grand voyage”

Director: Christian De Vita

Casting: Arthur Dupont, Sara Forestier, Bruno Salomone

Ticket price: VND50,000 ($2.5)

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace. (from 9 am – 8 pm, except 6.30 – 7 pm).

This energetic animation has numerous true-to-life frames, telling a vivid adventure through many lands by the funny flock of birds. This is the first 3D animated film that made entirely in France by a talented professional team in Europe. Benjamin Renner – co-director of Oscar-nominated movie “Ernest & Celestin” – created the character designs. Stephen Warbeck composer – who won an Oscar for the soundtrack of the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love Cartoons – wrote the soundtrack. The movie is both refreshing for families and a meaningful lesson for kids.

When he is about to set off on the great migration, Darius, the oldest member and leader of the flock, gets injured. He must confide all his secrets and the new itinerary to the first bird that comes along.

And this bird… is our hero, thrilled by the idea of at last getting to discover the world… but not all a migratory one!

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles

T. Van