SUMMER SCHOOL, 2001 (EUFF VIETNAM 2025)
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SUMMER SCHOOL, 2001 <EUFF 2025 OPENING FILM>
Czechia — 105’ — 2025
Director: Dužan Duong
Writers: Dužan Duong, Jan Smutný, Lukáš Kokeš
Cast: Đoàn Hoàng Anh, Tô Tiến Tài, Bùi Thế Dương, Lê Quỳnh Lan, Ngô Xuân Thắng, Nguyễn Dũng
Music: Pjoni
Genre: Drama
Age rating: T18
20:00 — 20.11.2025 — National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, Hanoi
20:00 — 23.11.2025 — CineStar Cinema, 135 Hai Ba Trung, HCMC
Both dates with post-screening Q&A with director Dužan Duong
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Summer, 2001. Kien, 17 and blazing with red hair, returns to his family at a bustling Cheb market after a decade in Vietnam. But the homecoming isn’t what he imagined: a cold father, a worried mother, and a younger brother ready to challenge him at every turn. As he prints Pokémon on T-shirts, fumbles through Czech grammar, and flirts by the lake, a buried secret emerges—one that will shake the entire marketplace.
‘SUMMER SCHOOL, 2001 is a heartfelt and quietly groundbreaking portrait of a community rarely seen onscreen, and director Duong brings the Vietnamese-Czech experience into the spotlight with honesty and tenderness, avoiding stereotypes while capturing both the hardship and humor of immigrant life.’ (Prague Reporter)
— Special Screenings (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025, Czech Republic)
Still images © nutprodukce, AZN kru
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