The parents are pragmatic, the young sons are rambunctious, but the tween daughter can't shake or hide the pain and sadness of the family's violent and treacherous escape from Viet Nam. This is the distinctive core of RU's telling of a story that's been told before - about (and by) a refugee family struggling with their trauma while simultaneously needing to adapt to a new life. At this film's heart is Tinh, sensitively portrayed by the young actress, Chloé Djandji, in her first role. The director's choice to cut back and forth between past and present becomes more and more effective as the family settles in to their new life in Québec and Tinh begins to confront, rather than suppress, her trauma. Beautifully shot.
Ru
(2023)
Meditative and poetic view of trauma and displacement and the healing power of facing it through art
15 September 2023
Warning: Spoilers