La Dame de Saigon (Sayidat Saigon) 1997
La Dame de Saigon (Sayidat Saigon) 1997
BETACAM SP, 4:3, COLOUR, SOUND, 60 MINUTES, VIETNAM/FRANCE, FRENCH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / SCRIPT: JOCELYNE SAAB IN COLLABORATION WITH CATHERINE LEFEBRE / NARRATION: KATIA RICCABONO / CINEMATOGRAPHER: PATRICK BLOSSIER / SOUND: PIERRE DONADIEU/ EDITOR: BARBARA DOUSSOT / PRODUCER: JACQUES DEBS / PRODUCTION CO: ADR PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINEMATOGRAPHIE ET LA SOUTIEN DE TERRES DES HOMMES (BELGIUM) / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: COURTESY THE ARTIST
Important artist and filmmaker Saab’s La Dame de Saigon follows Doctor Duong Duinh Hoa, who left her privileged background to join the nationalistic Vietcong. Since 1975, however, she has devoted her life to humanitarian efforts, working tirelessly as a paediatrician to provide much-needed medical care in regional Vietnam.
Contact: Sat 17 Oct 2.30pm / Cinema A and Sun 1 Nov 1.00pm / Cinema A
Phone: Jocelyne SAAB
b. 1948 Beirut, Lebanon
Lives in Paris, France
