Trinh Dinh Le Minh
106 min mins
Van, the heir of a Vietnamese family, returns home from the USA for the first time in nine years, as custom requires that he should be present for the moving of his father’s tomb. But his whole family is surprised when a young Vietnamese American named Ian comes with him. Nobody knows that Ian is Van’s boyfriend, nor that the pair intend to announce their relationship to Van’s widowed mother Mrs. Hanh. She expects her son to get married and have kids, in order to fulfil the duties of an heir. Things become more complicated, however, when Van’s grandmother, who has senile dementia, mistakes Ian for her grandson. Trinh Dinh Le Minh’s deeply moving, lightly humorous film won audience awards at festival screenings in Philadelphia and Toronto.
Presented in partnership with Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival.
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Trinh Dinh Le Minh is a Vietnamese writer and director whose work has been recognized at film festivals including the Busan and Hawaii International Film Festivals. His films often explore the role played by traditional values in generating family conflicts; Goodbye Mother is his debut feature.