Summer School, 2001
6.8
“The first Czech-Viet film.”
A teenage boy returns to his family after years apart, scarred from being sent to Vietnam while his younger brother stayed in Czechia. After reunion, he faces a distant father, a mother desperate to mend the past, and a brother uneasy about sharing the spotlight. One chaotic summer pushes them to their limits when the younger brother falls from a roof. Between misunderstandings and clumsy family dynamics, they learn that sometimes, healing begins by letting the cracks show.
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Cast
25 people
Hoang Anh Doan
Dũng
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DNA
Tô Tiến Tài
Tài
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Bùi Thế Dương
Kiên
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Lê Quỳnh Lan
Lan
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Thang Xuan Ngo
Viktor
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Dung Nguyen
Phong
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Love, Dad
Zrádci
Xuan Tiem To
Long
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Nguyễn Đức Quân
Kuba
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Vũ Xuân Thành
Tony
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Thi Pham Nhung
Hiền
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Pham Thu Thao
sestřenka Hồng
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Nguyễn Bích Hảo
madame Binh
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Dužan Duong Director · Lukáš Kokeš Writer Jan Smutný Writer
Budget $890K · United States release October 11, 2025 · Produced in Czechia
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Budget
$890,000
Production
AZN kru
Production
Nutprodukce
Production
Nutprodukcia
Production
Czechia
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Languages
Original title
Letní škola, 2001
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech · Vietnamese
Release dates
Czechia · July 8, 2025
Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Czechia · July 24, 2025
Theatrical
United States · October 11, 2025
Premiere · Viet Film Fest
United States
October 17, 2025 · Premiere · Santa Fe International Film Festival
Austria
April 26, 2026 · Premiere · Red Lotus Asian Film Festival
Czechia
November 10, 2025 · Premiere · Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
March 5, 2026 · Digital · HBO Max
Denmark
January 20, 2026 · Premiere
Germany
November 7, 2025 · Premiere · Film Festival Cottbus
November 11, 2025 · Premiere · Braunschweig International Film Festival
December 4, 2025 · Premiere · HERE NOT THERE Filmfestival
December 31, 2025 · Premiere · Internationales Filmwochende Würzburg
March 6, 2026 · Premiere · Mittel Punkt Europa Filmfest
April 10, 2026 · Premiere · Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage
May 18, 2026 · Premiere · VIETNAM: HERE & THERE
May 28, 2026 · Premiere · NEISSE NYSA NISA FILM FESTIVAL
October 26, 2026 · Premiere · Czech Culture Days in Greifswald
November 1, 2026 · Premiere · Tschechisch-Deutsche Kulturtage
Hungary
March 26, 2026 · Digital · HBO Max
India
November 26, 2026 · Premiere · European Union Film Festival India 2026
Ireland
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Kerry International Film Festival
Israel
October 26, 2025 · Premiere · Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Jamaica
November 17, 2026 · Premiere · European Union Film Festival Jamaica 2026
Poland
March 27, 2026 · Digital · HBO Max
April 30, 2026 · Premiere · Kino na Granicy
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Puerto Rico
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · Festival de Cine Europeo Puerto Rico 2026
Slovakia
September 12, 2025 · Premiere · International Film Festival Cinematik Piestany
November 27, 2025 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 11, 2026 · Premiere · V4 Film Days
Taiwan
March 21, 2026 · Premiere · Czech That Film
United Kingdom
June 20, 2026 · Premiere · Raindance Film Festival
July 26, 2026 · Limited theatrical
Vietnam
November 20, 2025 · Premiere · European Film Festival Vietnam 2025
June 19, 2026 · Theatrical
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