Baltic Cinema: Việt and Nam

Young miners Nam and Việt are in love. But theirs is a world of poverty and hardship, and the impossibility of staying and starving mean that the opportunity to leave, when it eventually presents itself in the form of a people smuggler, threatens to tear them apart. The coal mine, dark and dangerous, nonetheless becomes a sanctuary of sorts in which time stands still while they cling to the time that they have left together.

Shot on 16mm, Trương Minh Quý’s film offers a tactile, sensual experience of dust,
sparkling coal, rain and heat, the lovers’ bodies gleaming in the blackness of
the mine. With Vietnam’s troubled history never far away, and the material
reality of the young men’s lives a constant reminder of the urgency of
migration, hope somehow persists despite all.

Dir. Trương Minh Quý Vietnam / Philippines / France / Netherlands / Italy / Germany / Singapore 2024 124’ (adv. 18)

16mm
transferred to digital video | Vietnamese with English subtitles

Doors open 18:30; Film starts 18:45. Baltic Kitchen is open until 18:30 for drinks, which you are welcome to take up to the cinema.

Please note we cannot offer refunds on this event.

Baltic Cinema is a new year-round cinema programme at Baltic, lighting up our Level 1 Cinema with the best new and archive films. Bringing otherwise rarely-screened work to the North East, Baltic Cinema also expands our exhibitions, offering a chance to explore further some of the themes they raise.

Baltic Cinema has five strands:

Currents presents new work from across the world

Sources expands on our exhibitions

Selected shows films selected by our artists and partners

Quayside Kino is a monthly screening for families and children

News From Home offers films on and from the North East, for the people who live here

All regular screenings take place in our Level 1 Cinema. In addition, you can catch free drop-in films in Front Room every week. See full programme of screenings here.

Baltic Cinema is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.

We want our events to be inclusive and accessible. If you have any accessibility requests or questions, please email [email protected]. Ahead of your visit, you can find out about Baltic's facilities and accessibility here.

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