Sixty-year-old Mrs. Hau was born in a cave. She grew up among the Rục people on the
coast of Vietnam. The outside world only learned of this community in 1959, and today
only a few hundred members still speak the Rục language. In the film, Mrs. Hau passes
her native tongue on to her grandchildren and shares with them the wisdom, folklore,
and history of her vanishing people, while the filmmakers capture her journey through
the living natural world on 16 mm film and soundtrack. One of the creators is Truong
Minh Quý, who presented his film Viet and Nam at Cannes in 2024.
Truong Minh Quý
Truong Minh Quý’s films have been presented at international festivals and exhibitions
including Locarno, New York, Rotterdam, and Busan. In 2017, he won the main award
at VideoBrasil in São Paulo. His second feature film, The Tree House (2019), was
recognized at the Locarno Film Festival and later screened at many of the world’s
leading festivals. His film Viet and Nam premiered at Cannes and was also shown in
Lithuania.
Nicolas Graux
Since 2020, Nicolas Graux has been collaborating with Vietnamese director Trương
Minh Quý, and their short film Porcupine (2023) was selected for the Rotterdam Film
Festival. He is currently working on his first feature-length fiction film, Twelve Months of
Winter.
Sixty-year-old Mrs. Hau was born in a cave. She grew up among the Rục people on the
coast of Vietnam. The outside world only learned of this community in 1959, and today
only a few hundred members still speak the Rục language. In the film, Mrs. Hau passes
her native tongue on to her grandchildren and shares with them the wisdom, folklore,
and history of her vanishing people, while the filmmakers capture her journey through
the living natural world on 16 mm film and soundtrack. One of the creators is Truong
Minh Quý, who presented his film Viet and Nam at Cannes in 2024.
Truong Minh Quý
Truong Minh Quý’s films have been presented at international festivals and exhibitions
including Locarno, New York, Rotterdam, and Busan. In 2017, he won the main award
at VideoBrasil in São Paulo. His second feature film, The Tree House (2019), was
recognized at the Locarno Film Festival and later screened at many of the world’s
leading festivals. His film Viet and Nam premiered at Cannes and was also shown in
Lithuania.
Nicolas Graux
Since 2020, Nicolas Graux has been collaborating with Vietnamese director Trương
Minh Quý, and their short film Porcupine (2023) was selected for the Rotterdam Film
Festival. He is currently working on his first feature-length fiction film, Twelve Months of
Winter.
coast of Vietnam. The outside world only learned of this community in 1959, and today
only a few hundred members still speak the Rục language. In the film, Mrs. Hau passes
her native tongue on to her grandchildren and shares with them the wisdom, folklore,
and history of her vanishing people, while the filmmakers capture her journey through
the living natural world on 16 mm film and soundtrack. One of the creators is Truong
Minh Quý, who presented his film Viet and Nam at Cannes in 2024.
Truong Minh Quý
Truong Minh Quý’s films have been presented at international festivals and exhibitions
including Locarno, New York, Rotterdam, and Busan. In 2017, he won the main award
at VideoBrasil in São Paulo. His second feature film, The Tree House (2019), was
recognized at the Locarno Film Festival and later screened at many of the world’s
leading festivals. His film Viet and Nam premiered at Cannes and was also shown in
Lithuania.
Nicolas Graux
Since 2020, Nicolas Graux has been collaborating with Vietnamese director Trương
Minh Quý, and their short film Porcupine (2023) was selected for the Rotterdam Film
Festival. He is currently working on his first feature-length fiction film, Twelve Months of
Winter.