Người vợ ba / The Third Wife
(Vietnam)
Cast: Trần Nữ Yên Khê, Nguyễn Phương Trà My, Mai Thu Hường, Lê Vũ Long, Nguyễn Thành Tâm, Lâm Thanh Mỹ
Directed by Ash Mayfair
Screenplay: Ash Mayfair
Cinematography: Chananun Chotrungroj
Editing: Julie Béziau
Music: Tôn Thất An
Sound: Roman Dymny
Colorist: Yov Moor
Art direction: Do Trọng An, Trần Nữ Yên Khê
Producers: Trần Thị Bích Ngọc & Ash Mayfair
Artistic direction: Trần Anh Hùng
Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2018 – Canada
Asian Premiere at the Busan Film Festival, 2018 – South Korea
NETPAC Award, Toronto international Film Festival, 2018 – Canada
“New Director” Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival – USA
TVE Otra Mirada Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2018 – Spain
Best Artistic Contribution, International Competition, Cairo International Film Festival, 2018 – Egypt
“… a great deal of the emotional communication of the film is carried in glances and glimpses, in the softly plangent strings of Ton That An’s spare, elegant score.”
Jessica Kiang, Variety.
“Ton That An’s graceful score adds to the ambience with its delicate strings and, in the final stretch, foreboding piano notes.”
John Berra, Screen Daily
“The story may delve into familiar territory as it does venture into tropes and themes that are effective of the time the story is set as well as contemporary times — but Mayfair manages to hits her targets with seemingly effortless ease. The musical score by Ton That An, which consists of mostly strings and piano, manages to bring a melancholic tone to the proceedings“
Harris Dang, Sydney Film Festival
“At last, one of the most significant aspects of the film is its score composed by Vietnamese composer Ton That An (Aaken). Its moody, atmospheric tunes are the perfect addition to the images of the film, their beauty, but also their much darker underbelly. At times it seems as if the music, along with the use of lighting, attempts to utter a faint warning for those on screen, a reminder of the passing of time which will be the end of their world.”
Rouven Linnarz, AsianMoviePulse
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