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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. (Cannes Film Festival)
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An excellent slow cinema debut that suffers from the fact that, unlike the works of real masters, it contemplates less with images and more with words…but Thien An is a talent who can add interesting postscripts to Tsai Ming-Liang’s legacy in the future. However, he still falls a bit short of the poetic mastery of his Chinese colleague Bi Gan’s Kaili Blues.
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Inside the Yellow Cocoon is an extremely slow and unexciting “spiritual journey” undertaken by a young man in order to understand the meaning of life, which was changed for him overnight by the tragic death of his sister. Long shots, talking with people, ordinary background scenery comprising the Vietnamese countryside. For three gruelling hours, there is none of the build-up or plot development that we are used to seeing in movies. I can’t imagine being in such a state of mind that this film would better suit me. [Cannes FF]
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