The Guava Housee

Synopsis

Hoa’s mental life from the age of 13 until grown up stopped to develop after his falling from a height and losing memory. In the dormitory, Hoa was a “family member” of all the households, even though many people abused him and saw him as an errand boy. Only Thuy – Hoa’s younger sister, felt heartbroken. Thuy is worried because Hoa often sneaks back to the old house, now belongs to the new owner, where he  fell at childhood while picking guava fruit. The “eccentric” man came every day to the front gate of the house, looked through the holewhich was for opening the lock from outside and gazed at the house with joyful eyes. He scared the new owner’s daughter into thinking that he was a thief, but after learning the fact, she secretly let Hoa into the house without consent of her parents. Everything evokes in him the warm, beautiful days of childhood…

Director’s biography

Director, People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minh born in 1938,is one of the leading directors of Vietnamese cinema. His name is closely associated with the history of Vietnam Feature Film Company. After a number of first works such as Ms. Nhung (co-director, 1973), Sea Stars (1974), A Year-end Rainy Day (1976), People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minh became known and certainlyhas created a style that made for himselfa name resonatedbythefilms about the human fates with his self-written scripts.

Notableworksof this style include When the Tenth Month Comes , The Girl on the River, The Return, Nostalgia for the Countryland, Hanoi Winter 1946, Guava House, Don’t Burn, Jasmine…With his works, People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minh has shaped an unique and individual style of artistic filmmaking, delving into the exploitation of the human fatesin a humane and delicate way.

His personal and works not only resonated in Vietnam but also on the world cinema map through importantawards such as Golden Lotus, Golden Kite in Vietnam and awards from Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival… In 2008, the film When the Tenth Month Comes wasvoted by CNN channel as one of the 18 best Asian films of all time.In 2010, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held a ceremony to honorPeople’s Artist Dang Nhat Minhtorecognizehiscontribution to Vietnamese cinema. In 2011, People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minhhonorably received the Kim Dae-jung Peace Film Award presented within the framework of the Gwangju International Film Festival in South Korea.