We Were the Scenery
6.7
In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras for “Apocalypse Now.”
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Christopher Radcliff Director · Cathy Linh Che Writer Jess X. Snow Cinematographer
United States release January 25, 2025 · Produced in Philippines, United States, Vietnam, Canada · Languages English, Vietnamese
Production
Philippines · United States · Vietnam · Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Vietnamese
Spoken on screen
English · Vietnamese
Release dates
United States · January 25, 2025
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States
June 25, 2025 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
Bulgaria
October 4, 2025 · Premiere · OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Bulgarian Edition
Kosovo
August 3, 2025 · Premiere · DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival
Philippines
November 14, 2025 · Premiere · QCinema International Film Festival
Poland
May 9, 2025 · Premiere · Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
South Korea
May 23, 2026 · Premiere · Diaspora Film Festival
Switzerland
April 6, 2025 · Premiere · Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon
Taiwan
October 16, 2025 · Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Festival
Ukraine
September 6, 2025 · Premiere · OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Ukrainian Edition
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