Vietnamský tucet
Vietnamese Dozen

Summary/Abstract: The environment of this South Asian country is immersed in the water element. The seas and rivers, their intricate delta channels, surrounded by vibrant green jungles, rice fields and floating villages, colorful boats and fishermen – all this creates a poetic essence of Vietnamese visuals, projected to nearly every film. It forms also the key to the cultural topography of the country with a turbulent history with alternated and mixed influences of Chinese, French, American and Soviet. In its co-ordinates, the military paradoxically intertwines the lyrical, Confucian severity meets Taoist poetry and creates in this „country floating on the water“ theater of dramatic counterpoints.. On the pages of Slovak theater magazine, the Slovak filmologist Viera Langerová gradually explores exotic national cinemas from the perspective of European culture. This time, she provides a comprehensive analysis of the situation of filmmaking in turbulently changing Vietnamese society. She examines the degree of authenticity and impact of non-national initiatives, whether during the French colonial rule, during the protracted war, until the new expansion of cinema after a peaceful reunification of Vietnam and its first inroads into the context of the most advanced film cultures.

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