Bi is a young boy living with his mother (Thi Kieu Trinh Nguyen), father (Ha Phong Nguyen) and aunt (Thuy Hoa) in Hanoi.
One day Bi's grandfather (Tran Tien) - absent for many years - returns to their home, badly ill in need of care and treatment.
This could have been a chance for the family to reunite and discuss the fact behind the disapperance of the grandfather but it has a reverse effect, at least on Bi's father.
The latter stays out late, not wanting to return to the apartment and finally he doesn't come home at all. In this way he's a copy of his father who, without we knowing why, left him as a young boy. This time Bi is the one who experiences the same.
Bi continues to play at the factory - though his mother doesn't want him to - but on the samtime connect more to his grandfather than anyone else of the family members.
His grandfather becomes a sort of mentor and teacher to Bi, as his own father is absent and his mother engages herself in the care taking of her father and tries to 'act naturally'.
Noone seems to be able to connect emotionally, except Bi. On the same time Bi is a rather frightened child, being scared of a lot in life but this changes over time.
However intresting the theme and the idea of seeing everything from the childs perspective, this film lacks something that moves it forward, emotionally, aesthetically and dramaturgically, wherefore the final verdict is good but not excellent.
One day Bi's grandfather (Tran Tien) - absent for many years - returns to their home, badly ill in need of care and treatment.
This could have been a chance for the family to reunite and discuss the fact behind the disapperance of the grandfather but it has a reverse effect, at least on Bi's father.
The latter stays out late, not wanting to return to the apartment and finally he doesn't come home at all. In this way he's a copy of his father who, without we knowing why, left him as a young boy. This time Bi is the one who experiences the same.
Bi continues to play at the factory - though his mother doesn't want him to - but on the samtime connect more to his grandfather than anyone else of the family members.
His grandfather becomes a sort of mentor and teacher to Bi, as his own father is absent and his mother engages herself in the care taking of her father and tries to 'act naturally'.
Noone seems to be able to connect emotionally, except Bi. On the same time Bi is a rather frightened child, being scared of a lot in life but this changes over time.
However intresting the theme and the idea of seeing everything from the childs perspective, this film lacks something that moves it forward, emotionally, aesthetically and dramaturgically, wherefore the final verdict is good but not excellent.
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