
Love in its various forms – whether everlasting, in pursuit of it, or absent – binds each of the films presented in this set. Deception – borne out of love or in search of it – plays out to darkly comedic effects in The Family Circus and Supermarket Affairs. Separations of significant others, voluntary and otherwise, result in unexpectedly deeper connections in Je suis là (I Am Here) and Little Parrot. And in Ripen (Trưởng Thành), a father and daughter renew their ties despite the barriers, emotional and physical, that separate them. An unexpected love at first sight almost fifty years ago forms the basis for Sleepless in Saigon. In sum, the films comprising “All You Need is Love” exemplify love at its most maddening and its most rewarding. – Eric Nong
When locked out of his DVD shop, an absent father must prove to his impressionable young daughter that he is worth letting back in.
“RIPEN” is a short dramatic film about Jason, a Vietnamese Canadian who finds out he has to work an extra shift on the night of his young daughter's birthday, inevitably forcing him to bring Anh to work. Upset with her father’s recurring false promises, Anh decides to teach him a lesson.
- Year2021
- Runtime23 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Vietnamese
- CountryCanada
- DirectorChristopher Vo, Zipporah Yohannes
- ScreenwriterZipporah Yohannes
- ProducerRachel Chau, Robyn Lay
- CastPhi Huynh, Kendall Thammavong
Love in its various forms – whether everlasting, in pursuit of it, or absent – binds each of the films presented in this set. Deception – borne out of love or in search of it – plays out to darkly comedic effects in The Family Circus and Supermarket Affairs. Separations of significant others, voluntary and otherwise, result in unexpectedly deeper connections in Je suis là (I Am Here) and Little Parrot. And in Ripen (Trưởng Thành), a father and daughter renew their ties despite the barriers, emotional and physical, that separate them. An unexpected love at first sight almost fifty years ago forms the basis for Sleepless in Saigon. In sum, the films comprising “All You Need is Love” exemplify love at its most maddening and its most rewarding. – Eric Nong
When locked out of his DVD shop, an absent father must prove to his impressionable young daughter that he is worth letting back in.
“RIPEN” is a short dramatic film about Jason, a Vietnamese Canadian who finds out he has to work an extra shift on the night of his young daughter's birthday, inevitably forcing him to bring Anh to work. Upset with her father’s recurring false promises, Anh decides to teach him a lesson.
- Year2021
- Runtime23 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Vietnamese
- CountryCanada
- DirectorChristopher Vo, Zipporah Yohannes
- ScreenwriterZipporah Yohannes
- ProducerRachel Chau, Robyn Lay
- CastPhi Huynh, Kendall Thammavong