Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

L'Arbre aux papillons d'or

Quinzaine 2023 | Feature film | 182 min | Spain, France, Singapore, Viet Nam

World premiere | Film in competition for the Caméra d'Or Award

Thien has to take the remains of his dead sister-in-law to the family village, accompanied by his five-year-old nephew. In the hinterland of Vietnam, spectres of his own youth, of his brother, who has left to rebuild his life elsewhere, and of the war also await him. This is a pilgrimage with mystical overtones, to rural parts of the country and its little-known Christian minority. The film interrogates the persistence of faith, not only in God but in the delicate beauty of earthly existence.

Director

Thien An Pham

Thien An Pham is a film director and writer from Vietnam. After graduating in Information Technology, he realized his interest in cinematography and filmmaking. His short film The Mute has travelled to film festivals. His latest short Stay Awake, Be Ready, won Illy Prize at Directors’ Fortnight and was screened at numerous festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Locarno Open Doors, Busan and won other awards.

Artistic & technical sheet

With

Le Phong Vu (Thien), Nguyen Thi Truc Quynh (Thao), Nguyen Thinh (Dao), Vu Ngoc Manh (Trung),

Screenplay
Pham Thien An

Photography
Dinh Duy Hung

Sound
Vuong Gia Bao, Xander Toh

Production design
Huynh Phuong Hien

Editing
Pham Thien An

Music
N/A

production
JK Film (Vietnam)
Van Thi Tran
+84 90 664 75 07
jkfilmthitran@gmail.com
www.jkfilm.vn

Potocol (Singapore)
Jeremy Chua
+33 7 67 90 89 89
jeremy@potocol.co
www.potocol.co

coproduction
Deuxième Ligne Films (France)
Marie Dubas

Zorba Production (Vietnam)
Ka Nguyen

Fasten Films (Spain)
Adrià Monés Murlans

foreign sales
Cercamon
+33 6 21 71 39 11
sebastien@cercamon.biz
www.cercamon.biz

press
Critical PR
Hannah Farr
Email: hannah@hannah-farr.co.uk
Tel: +447535720230

Album Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell