Phạm Ngọc Lân (b. 1986, Hanoi) studied urban planning before turning to film. His shorts (Another City, Blessed Land, The Unseen River) screened at Berlinale and Locarno. Cu Li Never Cries is his debut feature.
A woman tries to cling onto dimming links to her past after inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband; meanwhile, her niece prepares for marriage as the young couple ponders their gloomy future together. The present and echoes of Vietnamese history entwine in a contemplative perspective.
Minh Châu – Mrs.; Ha-Phuong Ngo; Xuân An Ngô; Hoàng-Hà Cao
Cinematography – (not listed); Editing – (not listed)
Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang; Trần Thị Bích Ngọc; Cadence Studio; Ân Nam Productions; Purple Tree Content; E&W Films
Phạm Ngọc Lân; Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang