MEZIPATRA | Summer School, 2001

Au tournant du millénaire dans une ville proche de la frontière tchéco-allemande, les points de vue différents de trois membres d'une famille vietnamo-tchèque – le père Zung, Tai, dix ans, et Kien, l'adolescent.

It’s a sweltering summer, and an incredibly bored Vietnamese boy sits in a stall selling knock-off clothing. He has no idea his world is about to flip upside down. An unexpected raid by the Czech Trade Inspection Authority wrecks the family business, his father’s salvage plan falls apart, and his mysterious red-haired brother Kien returns to Czechia – and he really wasn’t missed. Worse still, Kien seems to be hiding something… Can this fractured family avoid social disgrace? Does money always have to come first? Dužan Duong’s playfully provocative Viet-film challenges the value system that has shaped the first Vietnamese generation in Czechia. He follows in the footsteps of Forman’s tradition of authentic portraits of people on society’s margins and finally gives voice to queer individuals within the strictly traditional Vietnamese community. Slip into your favourite low-waisted pants and get ready for a wild ride back to 2001.