A still from Memoryland. (Photo: vnexpress.net)Rated C16 (for viewers aged 16 and above), the Vietnamesefilm will vie for the New Currents Award against 10 others from countries likeIran, Japan, the Republic of Korea and India. It will have three publicscreenings and fan meetings during the festival.
According to the festival’s official website, Memoryland openswith the death of a mother. Although her heartbeat stops, her consciousnesscontinues worrying about her son and blessing him. Her neighbour digs a gravenear the house in the field for her, but the son insists on cremation. Becausehe does not receive much in the way of inheritance, he must be carefulbudgeting the funeral.
Another man is killed by an accident at a constructionsite. His wife suddenly becomes widowed, but decides to go to her husband’shometown to bury him and comfort his soul. His relatives, however, doubt hersincerity, as she is still young and beautiful. In the end, attitudes towarddeath are determined by how the living receive it. It cannot be forced foranyone to miss someone and to live with a debt of memory. Ultimately, the filmsettles on revealing the truth that no one can escape it.
Kim Quy Bui is a screenwriter and director who majored inScreenwriting at Hanoi Academy of Theater and Cinema. Before her directorialdebut, she wrote several screenplays for feature films.
Her first feature film, The Inseminator (2014), wasinvited to A Window on Asian Cinema at the Busan International Film Festival2014.
Memoryland, her second feature, was supported by theScript Development Fund at ASEAN Cinema Fund Busan 2016.
The 26th Busan International Film Festival will be heldfrom October 6 – 15./.
VNA
