October 31, 2006
FILM SCREENING
with Special Guests,
Director/Screenwriter
Ngo Quang Hai
and Actress
Do
Thi Hai Yen
The Story of Pao /
Chuyen Cua Pao
Winner of Golden Kite Awards for
Best Film, Best Actress,
Best
Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography
Premiering at the Montreal World Film Festival in August 2006, Vietnam
director Ngo Quang Hai's first feature 'Pao's
Story'
(Chuyen Cua Pao)
was submitted as Vietnam's official selection. The movie is the
story of Pao, a young ethnic Hmong woman who sets
off to find her mother. The story develops the concept of love
from different points of view, both traditional and modern, and seeks
to share an intimate look at Vietnam and the Hmong people. The
magnificent mountain ranges of Northwest Vietnam, engulfed year-round
in an immense veil of fog, provide a rich cinematic setting for this
vivid and moving film.
The movie stars acclaimed Vietnamese actress, Do Thi Hai Yen, known for her roles
in "The Quiet American" (US), "Vertical Ray of the Sun" (France),
and "Song of the Stork" (Singapore) among other films.
Prior to the debut of "Pao's Story," director and screenwriter, Ngo Quang Hai collaborated in "The
Quiet American," "Vertical Ray of the Sun," "The Scent of Green
Papaya," and "Cyclo."
"......'Pao's Story' is a
contemplative....coming-of-age tale set among
the Hmong people, an ethnic minority indigenous to the mountains of
North Vietnam.... told through the eyes of (
Pao, played by) serenely beautiful Do Thi Hai Yen, star of "The Quiet
American" and
writer/director Ngo's wife....magnificent scenery, colorful costumes
and authentically exotic players.....a universal story about letting go
of resentments based on childhood memories, as multiple revelations
alter her perception of the past..... widescreen vistas and graceful
rhythms of a timeless rural existence, shepherded by an especially
beautiful woman.....(Ronnie Sheib, Variety.com)
Directed and written by
Ngo Quang Hai, inspired by
short story by Do Bich Thuy
Produced by Dang Tat
Binh (A Vietnam Cinema Department/Feature Film Studio #1
production)
Starring: Do Thi Hai
Yen, Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Do Hoa Thuy, Ly Thanh Kha
Camera (color,
widescreen), Cordelia
Beresford; editor,
Tony Norton;
music, Nguyen Thien Dao, Quoc Trung.
Vietnamese dialogue (with English subtitles). Running time: 97
min.
7:00
P.M.
Luce Hall Auditorium,
34 Hillhouse Avenue
Sponsored by
the Council
on Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University
Thanks to the Institute
for Vietnamese Culture & Education (IVCE)*
contact seas@yale.edu
for
information or call
203-432-3431
* Below, see
listing of dates/locations for this film tour
(Contact Thang Tran,
President IVCE for additional information):
7pm-9pm.
Friday October 27th, 2006.
Dupont
Science Center, Rm. 101
Swarthmore
College
8pm-10pm.
Saturday October 28th, 2006.
Arledge
Cinema, Lerner Hall
Columbia
University
7pm-9:30pm.
Thursday November 2nd, 2006.
Cornell
Cinema. Willard Straight Hall
Cornell
University
2pm-5pm.
Saturday Nov 4th, 2006.
Carpenter
Center
24
Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard
University
7pm-9pm.
Monday Nov 6th, 2006.
Pacific
Film Archive
2575
Bancroft Way (between College & Telegraph)
University
of California - Berkeley
12:00
– 2:30 pm. Tuesday November 7th, 2006.
Auditorium
T-415 (Tech Building). Moorpark at Bascom
San
Jose City College
11:00
am. Wednesday November 8th, 2006.
Rosenberg
Library – Room 305
Ocean
Campus, 50 Phelan Ave
San
Francisco City College
12:00
– 2:30 pm. Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006.
ADM
119.
21250
Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino
De
Anza College
7.15pm.
Tuesday & Wednesday, Nov 14th - 15th, 2006.
Minneapolis
Film Arts
7:30pm
– 9:30pm. Thursday November 16th, 2006.
Rockefeller
Hall. Room 1
Dartmouth
College