VietNamNet Bridge - As part of the Spring Cinema program of the Goethe Institut in Hanoi and HCM City, the movie “Fortune Favors the Brave” will be screened at the Hanoi Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street and the Salon Van hoa Ca Phe Thu Bay, 1st floor, 19B Pham Ngoc Thach Street, District 3 on April 19.

A scene from the movie

The film by Norbert Lechner is a story of an unusual friendship between Vietnamese sisters Linh and Tien and the adventurous Pauline.

Eleven-year-old Linh and her little sister Tien are suddenly left alone in Germany when their mother has to leave for Vietnam in order to care for the sick grandmother. Of course, no one is supposed to find out, especially not child protective services. 

Linh is not only responsible for Tien but also for the household and her mother’s Vietnamese diner, and  she also has to go to school. But Linh’s biggest problem is Pauline who lives across the street. She has the whole neighbourhood under surveillance and can’t imagine anything cooler than a life without parents. 

When Pauline blackmails the Vietnamese sisters into starting a gang with her, the three girls set off on a daring adventure, with the police and Ms Trost from child protective services on their trail…

Norbert Lechner is a German director, scriptwriter and producer with a focus on films for children and youth. In The film, the child actors with Vietnamese roots, Lynn Dortschack and Linda Phuong Anh Dang, perform alongside well-known Vietnamese actors Chieu Xuan and Manh Cuong.

The movie won several awards, includingGerman film and media evaluation: Certification mark “especially valuable”, Funding Initiative “Der besondere Kinderfilm“ (special children’s film), the Audience Award at Montreal International Children’s Film Festival; and the Children Media Prize for young actress Lynn Dortschack at the Munich Film Festival.

Language: German with English and Vietnamese subtitles

Free admission

T. Van