The Last Journey of Madam Phung

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Movie Info

A former monk who became a guiding hand to a group of itinerant performers, Madam Phung worries about what will happen to her troupe when she is gone.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

Vietnamese
Director:

Tham Nguyen Thi
Runtime:

1h 27m

Cast & Crew

Tham Nguyen Thi
Director

Critic Reviews for Madam Phung's Last Journey

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (6)

This is a lively film but also a sad one.

November 12, 2015 | Full Review…

Ben Sachs
Chicago Reader
Nguyen Thi Tham, who wrote, directed and shot the film, followed Madam Phung for a year as she took her brand of transgender glamour to remote provincial fairgrounds filled with villagers.

November 11, 2015 | Full Review…

Helen T. Verongos
New York Times
Tender and low-key ...

November 10, 2015 | Full Review…

Stephanie Zacharek
Village Voice
With the invocation of national allegiance as an inherent contradiction, the documentary blooms its larger, allegorical inklings.

November 8, 2015 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

Clayton Dillard
Slant Magazine
While the pacing lags and the content leans too heavily on everyday banalities, the conflict between acceptance as performers and rejection as individuals provides an intriguing peek at rural Vietnamese society.

August 7, 2018 | Full Review…

Craig Takeuchi
Georgia Straight
At times like a very skewed La Strada, this doc about some peripatetic and put-upon carny workers sneaks under your skin.

November 11, 2015 | Full Review…

David Noh
Film Journal International