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The City at Sunrise

1975 · 48 min

A quiet, observational record of a city exhaling after upheaval, asking patience and rewarding it with lived-in texture.

Overview
A documentary look into life in Saigon, very soon after April 30, 1975.
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • war
    • survival
    • freedom
    • identity
    • healing
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Hải Ninh, Nguyễn Khánh Dư
    Runtime
    48 min
    Languages
    Vietnamese

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