“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.
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(Viet Thanh Nguyen)

Director Dieu Hao Do explores the fragmentation of his family. The American War in Vietnam scattered them across three continents. Nearly 50 years after their escape, contact between the seven family members has all but broken down. How have traumas from persecution and violence inscribed themselves on the bodies and souls of the survivors and their children? After the Fall of Saigon on April 30 in 1975, more than 1.5 million people fled the communist regime, many of them including the director’s family belonging to the Chinese minority there.

Director: Dieu Hao Do
Writer: Dieu Hao Do
Camera: Florian Mag
Editors: Franziska Köppel, Werner Bednarz
Sound: Kuan-Chen Chen
Music: Delphine Malausséna
Sound Design & Mixing:Azadeh Zandieh
Production management: Bettina Morlock
Production: Andrea Ufer
Co-production: ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel
Editorial: Burkhard Althoff
Sponsored by: Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Nordmedia

FIRST STEPS 2023: Lange Nacht des jungen Films Berlin | (13.10.2023)
Fr, 13.10. 20:00 fsk-Kino deU