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Satu - Year of the Rabbit

  • Laos | 2024 | Lao
  • Original Title: ສາທຸ ປີກະຕ່າຍ
  • Director: Joshua Trigg
  • Screenplay: Joshua Trigg
  • DoP: James Chegwyn
  • Editor: Nick Saunders
  • Cast: Itthiphone Sonepho, Vanthiva Saysana
  • Premiere: India Premiere
  • Tags: Coming of age, De/Gendered

Festivals :

Raindance Film Festival 2024, Cambodia International Film Festival 2024

Award :

Best Debut Director, Raindance Film Festival 2024 I South East Asia Winner, Cambodia International Film Festival 2024


Synopsis :

Bo, a Laotian teenager with an abusive father, wants to study journalism at the University of Hanoi, Vietnam. As part of the application, she needs to send in a photojournalistic piece. Inspired by a project that could see her escape grimness, she sets off on a journey that takes her to the Pha Tang Temple, where she meets the young orphan Satu, taken in as a baby by the head monk. As the village tries to sort out the problem of unexploded bombs unearthed by floods, Bo agrees to head north with Satu in search of his mother – Satu hoping to find answers, Bo looking to carve out a story.


Directors Bio :

Joshua Trigg has worked the last decade mostly across Asia. He is known for his storytelling, high-end TV commercials and award-winning narrative and documentary. Satu - Year of the Rabbit is his debut feature film.


Sales

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