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No Crying at the Dinner Table

  • 20192019
  • 16m
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7.1/10
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No Crying at the Dinner Table (2019)
DocumentaryShortBiography
A collection of family secrets, confessions and confrontation.A collection of family secrets, confessions and confrontation.A collection of family secrets, confessions and confrontation.
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    • Carol Nguyen
    • Thao Nguyen-Duong
    • Carol Nguyen
    • Thao Nguyen-Duong
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    Carol Nguyen, Andres Solis, Walid Jabri, and Aziz Zoromba in No Crying at the Dinner Table (2019)
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    By a few, for many. A moving short film about trauma and grief in a family
    Nguyen has created a short film that is not just about culture-specific ways of dealing with grief. It is possible that people and families have problems dealing with grief together across cultures. A very accessible subject, with gravity and ease. Like the family in the film, the viewer learns that grief can be experienced together. You learn that the different points of reference of grief share common aspects, especially in a family. The loss of loved ones unites, only the approaches of memory, the cornerstones of grief, are different. The individual stories make it clear that grief arises from love, security and laughter. Nguyen underlines this warm melancholy with a fantastic atmosphere, wonderful, minimalist musical interludes and a quiet camera. She lets people talk, asks follow up questions only once and uses the simple-seeming trick of direct confrontation with the filmed material to trigger a feeling of mutuality in the family with regard to the grief they talked about. The wonderful conclusion of the film is that it is okay to cry at the dinner table and it's ok to do it together. No, not only is it okay, it is life enriching and a tool for stronging bonds.
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