Glorious Ashes

Glorious Ashes
International release poster
VietnameseTro tàn rực rỡ
Directed byBùi Thạc Chuyên
Screenplay byBùi Thạc Chuyên
Based onGlorious Ashes
by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
Drifting Firewood
by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
Produced byTrần Thị Bích Ngọc
Starring
CinematographyNguyễn K'Linh
Edited byJulie Béziau
Music byTôn Thất An
Production
companies
  • An Nam Productions
  • Viet Vision
  • Fleur de Lys
Distributed byCGV
Release dates
  • 24 October 2022 (2022-10-24) (Tokyo)
  • 22 November 2022 (2022-11-22) (Nantes, France)
  • 2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) (Vietnam)
Running time
117 minutes
Countries
  • Vietnam
  • Singapore
  • France
LanguageVietnamese
Box office4,135 billion VND[1]

Glorious Ashes (original title: Tro tàn rực rỡ) is a 2022 Vietnamese-language drama film directed and written by Bùi Thạc Chuyên. It is an adaptation of two short stories, Glorious Ashes (Tro tàn rực rỡ) and Drifting Firewood (Củi mục trôi về), taken from the Đảo (Island) short story collection by Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Ngọc Tư.[2] The film has an ensemble cast including Lê Công Hoàng, Juliet Bảo Ngọc Doling, Phương Anh Đào, Ngô Quang Tuấn, Ngô Phạm Hạnh Thuý, Thạch Kim Long, Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Hiệp and Mai Thế Hiệp. Set in Thơm Rơm village of Cà Mau, the story revolves around three women, their journey of love and their efforts to keep their men. The imagery of fire and ashes appears throughout as a metaphor for the passion and longing of these women.[3]

Glorious Ashes surpassed 27 other projects to win the top prize of $15,000 at the Asian Project Market, a division of the Busan International Film Festival, in 2017.[4] The film also won the Inaugural Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant by the Singapore Film Commission in November 2019.[5] It was then premiered at the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival and became the first Vietnamese film to compete for the festival's top prize, the Tokyo Grand Prix, in October 2022.[6] The film won the Montgolfière d'or at the 2022 Three Continents Festival,[7] won four awards at the 2023 Kite Awards and five awards at the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival, including the Golden Lotus Prize. In Vietnam, Glorious Ashes opened in theaters nationwide on December 2, 2022.[8] The film was chosen as the Vietnamese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[9]

  1. ^ "Doanh số phòng vé phim Tro tàn rực rỡ" [Glorious Ashes Box Office Gross] (in Vietnamese). Box Office Vietnam. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ Lo Mo (27 October 2022). "'Tro tàn rực rỡ' - Điểm sáng của điện ảnh Việt cuối năm?" ['Glorious Ashes' - The highlight of Vietnamese cinema at the end of the year?]. L'Officiel Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ Phan, Cao Tùng (25 October 2022). "Phim 'Tro tàn rực rỡ' từ truyện Nguyễn Ngọc Tư được chào đón tại LHP quốc tế Tokyo" ['Glorious Ashes' from Nguyen Ngoc Tu's story was welcomed at the Tokyo International Film Festival]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ Wong, Silvia (18 October 2017). "Busan 2017 Asian Project Market winners announced". Screendaily. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Eight projects awarded the Inaugural Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant by Singapore Film Commission" (Press release). Infocomm Media Development Authority. 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. ^ "First Vietnamese film to compete at Tokyo International Film Festival". Việt Nam News. Hanoi. 10 October 2022. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Glorious Ashes wins top prize at Three Continents Film Festival". Voice of Vietnam. 28 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  8. ^ Bảo Anh (11 November 2022). "'Tro tàn rực rỡ' hé lộ trailer chính thức, ấn định lịch chiếu rạp Việt" ['Glorious Ashes' revealed the official trailer, setting the release date for Vietnamese theaters]. Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (in Vietnamese). Vietnam News Agency. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Vietnamese film 'Glorious Ashes' to compete at 2024 Oscars". Voice of Vietnam. 27 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.