Song Lang

Raindance Film Festival

In 1980s Saigon an unlikely bond develops between Dung, a tough debt collector, and Linh Phung, a young opera singer.

Vue Cinema London - Piccadilly

Directed by Leon LeNarrative Feature / Vietnam / 101 minsStrand: QueerUK PremiereScreening: Monday 23 September 18:15 | Tuesday 24 September 12:45Review:SONG LANG is a gorgeously shot film, soaked in the same waters of nostalgia, love, and loss as Wong Kar-Wai’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, which serves as the most obvious inspiration to Leon Le. Like that film, SONG LANG blends popular culture with traditional customs, and demonstrates that repression and unfulfilled longing are often the most tragic yet beautiful depictions of love. Above all, SONG LANG is a film of stunning aesthetic beauty, with a palette of orange and red that further hints at Wong’s 2000 film. Although shot digitally, it feels like an analogue film, soft and grainy, with skin tones too sumptuous for real life.The film stars Isaac as Linh Phung, a Cải lương (Vietnamese folk opera) performer, and Lien Binh Phat as Dung, aka ‘Thunderbolt’, an underground debt collector who has a deep, personal link to Cải lương. Dung is completely ruthless in regards to his debtors, and yet also displays compassion, for example towards the children of a man who has unpaid debts. Linh Phung is passionate about his theatre and derisive of Dung’s job. They are opposites, but soon they find in each other what is missing in their own lives. / Review by George Chadwick<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L49GREHcJJ4&amp;t=11s" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L49GREHcJJ4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a> / <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8838810/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">IMDB</a> / <a href="http://www.facebook.com/songlangthemovie" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/songlangfilm" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>Credits:Director: Leon Le	Executive Producer: Ngo Thanh VanProducer: Irene Trinh Writers: Leon Le, Nguyen Thi Minh NgocCast: Lien Binh Phat, Isaac, Tu Quyen, Kieu Trinh, Thanh Tu

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