The Building
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On May 1, 1975 with Viet Cong troops march through Saigon celebrating their victory. Tham, caretaker of Victory Hotel, a relatively small establishment in downtown Saigon, nervously observes these celebrations. The owners have fled Saigon and the hotel is to be requisitioned by the new government. Tham wonders what his fate will be under the new regime. The next day he is told that that the hotel is to be transformed into a collective flat for the Viet Cong cadre and their families now entering the city. Tham is not hostile to this but is concerned about his place in the new set up. Will he still have a job? Will he be treated as an enemy?
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Mai Thành
Thậm
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Việt Linh Director · Nguyễn Hồ Story Phú Quang Composer
First release April 1, 1999 · Produced in France, Vietnam · Production Giai Phong Film Studio, Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (AIF-CIREF)
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Fonds Sud Cinéma
Production
Giai Phong Film Studio
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Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (AIF-CIREF)
Production
France · Vietnam
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Original title
Chung cư
Original language
Vietnamese
Spoken on screen
Vietnamese
Release dates
Vietnam · April 1, 1999
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No release date listed for United States.
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