by Marie-Christine Courtès
Storico | France | 2014 | HD | 13 min.
Date friday 3 july
Location Giardini del Castello - ESTE (PD), via Giuseppe Garibaldi
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The day of the cremation of her grand mother, Emilie, a young mixed-race Asian girl, buries herself into her grandmother memories. She discovers the Indochina of Hoa, her romantic encounter with Jacques (a French colon), the birth of Linh (Emilie's mother) and her tragic departure to France in 1956. She relives with Linh the arrival into the camp of Sainte-Livrade, the exploitation of the Indochinese women by the market gardeners of Lot-et-Garonne. Between memories, dance, anger and traditional rituals, Emilie learns to accept this heritage…
After her studies in Literature and History Marie-Christine Courtès becomes a journalist. She has been a correspondant in Cambodge and has worked for the vietnamese television. After several documentaries, this is the first animation short film that she directs.
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