BO HAI
Dužan Duong | 2017 | Czech Republic | 25’ | Fiction
Bo Hai takes an intimate look at the identity struggles of a young man who helps out at his father’s mini-market. By showing everyday situations, the film introduces us to the life of young Vietnamese who have lived most of their life in the Czech Republic and are losing touch with the culture of their parents but at the same time are prevented from becoming full-fledged members of Czech society. A personal statement about the director’s generation.
Dužan Duong was born in 1991 in Hanoi but has lived in the Czech Republic since age four. He got into filmmaking when recording his own dance performances. He previously shot the short docufiction Mat Goc (2014, Ji.hlava IDFF 2014) about his relationship to his native Vietnam, and also worked on Lukáš Kokeš’s V.I.P. / Vietnamese Important People (2013, Ji.hlava IDFF 2013). His latest film Bo Hai (2017), made through crowdfunding, was screened at Ji.hlava IDFF, won the Golden Kingfisher Award for the best student film at Finále Plzeň Film Festival and was nominated for the Czech Lion Award in the student film category as well as for the Czech Film Critics Award.