In the list of 10 films selected by the Busan International Film Festival Organising Committee to compete in the New Currents Award, “Memento Mori: Earth” directed by Marcus Manh Cuong Vu is the only representative from Vietnam.
Memento Mori: Earth is set in a coffee field in the highlands, where Van – a young Christian mother – is bedridden and has only a few months to live. She tries to leave messages for her two young daughters, Nguyet and Nga. She also wishes to donate organs for medicine at the end of her life.
Hoang (Van’s husband) tries to tell this news to his father-in-law, who is helping them take care of their two children. Meanwhile, Hoang is also in debt to his creditor Kien and needs to repay by donating a kidney to his father.
The press release of the Busan Film Festival on September 2 wrote that “Memento Mori: Earth” has a heavy theme of life and death conveyed with beautiful images.
