Experimental cinema, which usually combines multiple art forms in order to come up with new and unique ways of artistic expression, is usually aimed to rather hard-core buffs or even exclusively to people who attend galleries, exhibitions and museums more than cinema. Jean-Baptiste Phou, however has managed to come up with an experimental movie, that is actually quite easy to watch no matter the audience.
“My Mother's Tongue” Screened at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story is autobiographical, and starts with Phou's childhood, who was born in France by Chinese-Cambodian parents, and the impact the lack of communication, particularly with his mother, whose native language he did not speak, had on him, growing up in a household where a number of languages and dialects were spoken, to the point that his family had their own mixed one, in order to find some sort of communication. This eventually...
“My Mother's Tongue” Screened at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story is autobiographical, and starts with Phou's childhood, who was born in France by Chinese-Cambodian parents, and the impact the lack of communication, particularly with his mother, whose native language he did not speak, had on him, growing up in a household where a number of languages and dialects were spoken, to the point that his family had their own mixed one, in order to find some sort of communication. This eventually...
- 3/25/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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