Synopsis

A historical neighborhood of Hanoi is being entirely demolished. Huy and Quyen, two forty-year-old migrant workers are hired to tear down houses. Sleeping on the street, despised by the urban population, harassed by thieves, racketed by local gangsters, their life seems to be like hell.
Despite the hardship, the workers manage to enjoy this life far away from their family. With humor and self mockery, they turn this hellish situation into an absurd comedy.
After six months of intense work, the Lunar New Year is approaching, it's time for them to collect the wages due from their boss, a vain Hanoian businessman. If not, they will face the shame of returning to their village penniless.

Director

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  Tran Phuong Thao
  

  Tran Phuong Thao moved to France in 2000 to complete her dream of being a documentary filmmaker. After graduated in Political Science in Paris, she studied documentary film technics and writing in Poitiers University. Back to Vietnam, she directed « Workers Dream » which attended many international festivals and was awarded at Cinéma du Réel 2007 (P. Perrault Award).
  Since 2011, she directed several documentary projects in collaboration with Swann Dubus including « With or without me », White Goose Award at DMZ Docs 2012 and « Finding Phong », selected in Asian Competition at DMZ Docs 2015.

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2018 완성예정