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Hanoi Through Whose Eyes?

1983 · 45 min

A quiet, somber documentary that drifts through a city's streets, asking you to look closely and sit with the gap between myth and daily life.

Overview
A melancholic meditation on the capital, considering official narratives of ancient elegance alongside the reality of long welfare lines and neglected monuments.

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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
    • class
    • memory
    • identity
    • politics
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Trần Văn Thủy, Ngô Mạnh Lân, Trương Qua
    Written by
    Trần Văn Thủy
    Starring
    Trần Đức
    Cinematography
    Lưu Hà
    Runtime
    45 min
    Country
    Vietnam
    Languages
    Vietnamese

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