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2023/11/24

Talk Show “MEMENTO MORI:EARTH” Depicts the Life of a Terminal Cancer Patient and Her Family with A Subtle Blank

"Memento Mori:Earth" was screened at Yokogawa Cinema on Nov 23rd Thursday at 11:30.

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This film, directed by Marcus Manh Cuong VU, is the first long piece for the director. It was nominated for the New Current Award in the Busan International Film Festival 2022. It won NETPA Vietnam Film Award at DANAFF I as "the film which interprets moments of pain cinematically."

It is a drama film which is themed on the life of a wife, Van, who fights against terminal cancer, and her family. The dilemma surrounding ordinary life, such as the wife leaving her dearest daughter behind and her husband suffering from the debt she left, is described with beautiful landscapes of Vietnam.

マーカス・マン・クオン・ヴー監督トーク

It is a drama film which is themed on the life of a wife, Van, who fights against terminal cancer, and her family. The dilemma surrounding ordinary life, such as the wife leaving her dearest daughter behind and her husband suffering from the debt she left, is described with beautiful landscapes of Vietnam.

マーカス・マン・クオン・ヴー監督トーク

At the end of the show, he answered, "I feel pressure" with a smile to a question about his thoughts on the continuation which is set in Hiroshima. That amused the audience. The second piece out of three, "Memento Mori:Water" is themed on the life of a mother who lost her two children to cancer. She visits Hiroshima along her journey. The director had already paid a visit to Hiroshima last April. He wrapped up the show by saying, "I met a lot of people that inspired me in many ways. Now I love Hiroshima so much."

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