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A House in Ninh Hoa

2016 · 108 min

A quiet, patient observational documentary that asks you to sit with a household and let its history surface slowly.

Directed by
Philip Widmann
Genres
Documentary
Overview
The old paternal house of the Le family, set in a rural scenery at the fringes of the small town of Ninh Hoa, close to the southern coast of Vietnam: A household dominated by women, neither rich nor poor, with chicken behind the kitchen and rice paddies bordering the plot. Through the everyday life of the inhabitants of the house, the constellation of the extended family becomes visible. A constellation that is fundamentally marked by the course that history took in the second half of the 20th century, and that has made Germany a substantial reference point in the life of the Le family.

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Directed by
Philip Widmann
Genres
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • memory
    • isolation
    • work
    • aging
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness3
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Philip Widmann
    Written by
    Philip Widmann, Nguyễn Phương-Đan
    Cinematography
    Philip Widmann
    Runtime
    108 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    Vietnamese

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