A TALE OF LOVE

Trinh T. Minh-ha, Jean-Paul Bourdier • U.S. • 1996 • 108 min. • 35mm

SYNOPSIS

Portraying the Vietnamese immigrant experience through Kieu, A Tale of Love follows the quest of a woman in love with Love. Voyeurism runs through the history of narrative and is here one of the threads that structure the film. Playing with the fiction of love in love stories, the film invites a different experience of cinema with non-naturalistic acting and layered interaction of performed reality, memory and imagination.

TRAILER

FESTIVALS, AWARDS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS (Highlights)

TIFF Toronto Festival of Festival. Canada (1995)
BERLINALE Berlin International Film Festival. Germany (1996)
San Francisco Asian American Film Festival. United States (1996)
Film Fest New Haven. United States (1996)
Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones. Barcelona, Spain (1996)
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. United States (1996)
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. Taiwan (1996)
Umea International Film Festival. Sweden (1996)
Feminale Women’s Film Festival, Cologne. Germany (1996)
Atlanta Image Film Festival. United States (1997)
Southeast Asian Film Festival, Vancouver. Canada (1997)

CREW

DIRECTORS & PRODUCERS
Jean-Paul Bourdier
Trinh T. Minh-ha

WRITTER
Trinh T. Minh-ha

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Kathleen Beeler

PRODUCTION & LIGHTING DESIGN
Jean-Paul Bourdier

LINE PRODUCER & PRODUCTION MANAGER
Erica Marcus

EDITOR
Trinh T. Minh-ha

MUSIC
The Construction of Ruins (Greg Goodman, J.A. Deane)

CAST
Mai Huynh
Juliette Chen
Dominic Overstreet
Mai Le Ho
Kieu Loan

SALES
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)