15 March 2018, 05:30 am
The Tailor (Cô Ba Sài Gòn)
On the occasion of the state visit to India of H.E. Mr. Tran Dai Quang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, there will be a one-day artist camp, exhibition and screening of feature films from Vietnam. The films will be screened as part of the IIC’s Film Club programme activities

 
The Tailor (Cô Ba Sài Gòn)
(100 min; 2017; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Tran Buu Loc & Kay Nguyen
 
A romantic comedy about Vietnamese women living in Sài Gòn (now Ho Chi Minh city) in the 1960s. The film’s story follows a famed áo dài (the traditional Vietnamese long dress) tailor, Thanh Mai in 1969 Saigon and her cavalier daughter Nhu Y
 
(Collaboration: Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam)