
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
While preparing for her husband’s second death anniversary, a middle-aged Vietnamese immigrant woman and her Americanized adult daughter butt heads over how to best honor him, and inadvertently drag a handsome stranger at the local Asian market into their messy family dynamic.
- Year2022
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Vietnamese
- CountryViet Nam
- DirectorHang Luong Nguyen
- ScreenwriterHang Luong Nguyen
- ProducerCamille Morales-Zayas
- CastNgoc Thi Minh Nguyen, Quyen Ngo, Jonathan Moon, Eli Berke, Thanh Bui
- CinematographerCarlos Estrada
- EditorHang Luong Nguyen
- Production DesignAn Chen
- Sound DesignRichard Hamilton
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
While preparing for her husband’s second death anniversary, a middle-aged Vietnamese immigrant woman and her Americanized adult daughter butt heads over how to best honor him, and inadvertently drag a handsome stranger at the local Asian market into their messy family dynamic.
- Year2022
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Vietnamese
- CountryViet Nam
- DirectorHang Luong Nguyen
- ScreenwriterHang Luong Nguyen
- ProducerCamille Morales-Zayas
- CastNgoc Thi Minh Nguyen, Quyen Ngo, Jonathan Moon, Eli Berke, Thanh Bui
- CinematographerCarlos Estrada
- EditorHang Luong Nguyen
- Production DesignAn Chen
- Sound DesignRichard Hamilton