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VIETNAM SYMPHONY   dir. Tom Zubrzycki
Australia, 2005

In 1965, as the Vietnam War intensified and Hanoi faced the threat of massive US bombing, students and teachers from the National Conservatory of Music were forced to flee the city for the relative safety of a small village in the countryside. With the help of villagers, they built an entire campus underground, creating a maze of hidden tunnels, connecting an auditorium and classrooms. Here, as the war raged around them, they lived, studied and played music for five years. Vietnam Symphony tells their extraordinary story.
Stunning black-and-white archival footage captures almost surreal scenes and the unexpected meeting of hard labour and high culture, of the pragmatic and the sublime.

emission time: 52 min.

09.07.07, 10:40
Atom Movie Theater