STEP 1: To watch this screening, click the Register button above to "Pre-order" the film.
STEP 2: The first time you register for a screening with Viet Film Fest on EVENTIVE, you will be asked to create an account. Accounts are free, and you will be asked to provide your first and last name, your email, and to create a password. If you’ve previously attended a film on EVENTIVE, you may not need to log in – the system will remember you when you click “Register”.
STEP 3: After logging in, continue to click "Pre-order" until you receive a message that you have successfully "pre-ordered" the movie.
STEP 4: Once you have pre-ordered (registered) successfully, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions and a link to access the film. You will also get reminder emails on the day of the screening, at noon and then 10 minutes before the movie starts. The unlock window starts at the time the screening becomes available and you will have 7 days to unlock the screening. Once unlocked, you will have 3 days to watch this film before it expires.
Cambodia Town Film Festival is a proud Community Partner for Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes).
Victor Vũ's Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes) is a film adaptation of Nguyễn Nhật Ánh's best-selling young adult novel of the same name. Mắt Biếc adopts Ngạn's (Trần Nghĩa) perspective, focusing on his childhood and young adulthood. Ngạn was born and raised in Đo Đo village with Hà Lan (Trúc Anh), a girl he says to have beautiful “dreamy eyes”. Ngạn falls in love with Hà Lan at first sight. Later, they both move to Saigon to study. However, despite Ngan's faithful love for Hà Lan, Hà Lan's inability to resist the hustle and bustle of life in Saigon leads to an unexpected revelation, one that will impact the relationship and the affection between these two childhood friends.
Through the film, the audience will experience Vũ's nostalgic visuals for 1970s Vietnam through the lighting and production design of the peaceful village scenes and Saigon cityscape. The stark contrast between Saigon and the countryside serves to highlight the contrast between Ngạn and Hà Lan's personalities. Mainly, the film evokes Ngan's blind love for Hà Lan through Trần Nghĩa’s physical (and especially his facial and eye) acting. Through this acting and the film’s imagery, Mắt Biếc shows the viewers Ngạn's strong feelings regarding Saigon and his association of Hà Lan with Đo Đo village. Similarly, in Trúc Anh’s performance as Hà Lan, we see the emotional turmoil in balancing her relationship with Ngạn and her own personal needs. Phan Mạnh Quỳnh’s original song "Có Chàng Trai Viết Lên Cây" accentuates Ngạn's mental association of Đo Đo with Hà Lan, the childhood he cannot escape from, and the reality he tries to manufacture. By film’s end, only Ngạn can resolve his emotional struggle with Hà Lan's dreamy eyes and the differences of rural and urban life, with Hà Lan's dreamy eyes haunting him still.
- Year2019
- Runtime115 minutes
- LanguageVietnamese
- CountryVietnam
- PremiereLos Angeles
- DirectorVictor Vu
- ScreenwriterVictor Vu, A-Type Machine
- ProducerCong Quoc Nguyen, Kay Nguyen
- CastTran Nghia, Truc Anh
- CinematographerDominic Pereira
- EditorHoang Anh Vu
STEP 1: To watch this screening, click the Register button above to "Pre-order" the film.
STEP 2: The first time you register for a screening with Viet Film Fest on EVENTIVE, you will be asked to create an account. Accounts are free, and you will be asked to provide your first and last name, your email, and to create a password. If you’ve previously attended a film on EVENTIVE, you may not need to log in – the system will remember you when you click “Register”.
STEP 3: After logging in, continue to click "Pre-order" until you receive a message that you have successfully "pre-ordered" the movie.
STEP 4: Once you have pre-ordered (registered) successfully, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions and a link to access the film. You will also get reminder emails on the day of the screening, at noon and then 10 minutes before the movie starts. The unlock window starts at the time the screening becomes available and you will have 7 days to unlock the screening. Once unlocked, you will have 3 days to watch this film before it expires.
Cambodia Town Film Festival is a proud Community Partner for Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes).
Victor Vũ's Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes) is a film adaptation of Nguyễn Nhật Ánh's best-selling young adult novel of the same name. Mắt Biếc adopts Ngạn's (Trần Nghĩa) perspective, focusing on his childhood and young adulthood. Ngạn was born and raised in Đo Đo village with Hà Lan (Trúc Anh), a girl he says to have beautiful “dreamy eyes”. Ngạn falls in love with Hà Lan at first sight. Later, they both move to Saigon to study. However, despite Ngan's faithful love for Hà Lan, Hà Lan's inability to resist the hustle and bustle of life in Saigon leads to an unexpected revelation, one that will impact the relationship and the affection between these two childhood friends.
Through the film, the audience will experience Vũ's nostalgic visuals for 1970s Vietnam through the lighting and production design of the peaceful village scenes and Saigon cityscape. The stark contrast between Saigon and the countryside serves to highlight the contrast between Ngạn and Hà Lan's personalities. Mainly, the film evokes Ngan's blind love for Hà Lan through Trần Nghĩa’s physical (and especially his facial and eye) acting. Through this acting and the film’s imagery, Mắt Biếc shows the viewers Ngạn's strong feelings regarding Saigon and his association of Hà Lan with Đo Đo village. Similarly, in Trúc Anh’s performance as Hà Lan, we see the emotional turmoil in balancing her relationship with Ngạn and her own personal needs. Phan Mạnh Quỳnh’s original song "Có Chàng Trai Viết Lên Cây" accentuates Ngạn's mental association of Đo Đo with Hà Lan, the childhood he cannot escape from, and the reality he tries to manufacture. By film’s end, only Ngạn can resolve his emotional struggle with Hà Lan's dreamy eyes and the differences of rural and urban life, with Hà Lan's dreamy eyes haunting him still.
- Year2019
- Runtime115 minutes
- LanguageVietnamese
- CountryVietnam
- PremiereLos Angeles
- DirectorVictor Vu
- ScreenwriterVictor Vu, A-Type Machine
- ProducerCong Quoc Nguyen, Kay Nguyen
- CastTran Nghia, Truc Anh
- CinematographerDominic Pereira
- EditorHoang Anh Vu
