THE DUST OF MODERN LIFE

PA VA HÊNG

A film by

Franziska Von Stenglin

Once a year, Anh, a young man from a Vietnamese ethnic minority, leaves his ordinary life behind for a retreat into the forest, accompanied by his entire village. They try to maintain a tradition at the hands of a forest threatened with extinction.

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Crew List

Screenwriter & Director: Franziska Von Stenglin

Producers: Franziska Von Stenglin, Lucas Tothe, Sylvain Lagrillère

Cinematographer: Lucie Baudinaud

Editor: Marylou Vergez

Sound Recording: Nguyen Ngoc Tân

Image and Sound Details

Release Date: 2021
Funding:

Language: Sedang (Vietnamese) / Subtitles: French, English, German.
Frame/Aspect ratio: 1:85
Format: 16mm / Screening Format: DCP Sound: 5.1