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Urban Genesis

Dutch premiere
Available online: 25/03/2024
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Director Fu Le
France and Vietnam 2023
18 minutes
vietnamese
A woman is released from prison only to find her village changed by industrialisation.

Synopsis

Phuong is released from prison and returns to her home province. She finds Khang, her childhood sweetheart, but no longer recognizes her village. All the small factories in the province have closed, and the big city suddenly bristled with countless skyscrapers. Urban Genesis questions the place left to love when time passes faster than the clouds.

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Phuong is released from prison and returns to her home province. She finds Khang, her childhood sweetheart, but no longer recognizes her village. All the small factories in the province have closed, and the big city suddenly bristled with countless skyscrapers. Urban Genesis questions the place left to love when time passes faster than the clouds.

Full credits

Section
Competition Shorts and International Short Film Competition
Director
Fu Le
Production countries
France and Vietnam
Production year
2023
Duration
18 minutes
Producer
Tetrapode

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