The Old Lady Goes Backpacking
Feature Film/ Viet Nam/ 11 min/2024
Director: Trần Chí Thành
Screenwriter: Phi Tiến Sơn
Director of Photography: Vũ Quốc Tuấn
Production: Công ty Cổ phần Phim Truyện I
Music Composer: Trọng Đài
Art designer: Trần Khánh Dư
Cast: Nguyễn Minh Trang, Tiết Cương
Synopsis:
Set against the backdrop of the southwestern region of Vietnam in modern times, the film explores the widening generational gap as society changes. It becomes increasingly important to show care, empathy, and understanding toward each other, especially for the elderly, so they no longer feel lonely and lost in their own homes. The Old Lady Goes Backpacking is, in essence, a journey and a dream of the main character, reflecting a desire present in all of us, including the elderly, who wish to be loved and to be themselves.
Director’s biography:
Director Tran Chi Thanh was born in 1974. He is known to audiences through feature films, documentaries, reports, and sitcoms. He has won awards at the National Television Festival (Silver Award), the Golden Kite Awards 2014 from the Vietnam Cinema Association (Certificate of Merit), and the 20th Vietnam Film Festival in 2017 (Certificate of Merit).
Filmography: Exploding battleship (2012); Happiness within reach (2012); Swordless musketeer (2016); Cursed coin (2016).
