The General and Me
Vietnam, Poland, USA2017documentary94'Konkurs dokumentalny (2017)
Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s independence wars, a number of times. She was the first American who entered the home of the “Red Napoleon”. The fruit of this friendship is a film, personal and politically involved at the same time. Travelling across the country and talking to important figures as well as ordinary people, the director finds out more about her roots and offers the audience a unique perspective on Vietnam’s present and past.
- directed by
- Tiana Alexandra Silliphant
Director, actress and author of lyrics. Before she reached for the camera, she had performed in films, including Sam Peckinpah’s "The Killer Elite" (1975). She gave up acting to devote herself, almost entirely, to social activity and philanthropy. Her directing debut was "From Hollywood to Hanoi" (1992), an autobiographic film awarded at the Telluride Film Festival. She also produced David Cronenberg’s film "A Dangeruos Method" (2011).
- cinematography
- Nguyen The Hoang, Vu Van Quyet, Jamie Maxtone-Graham, Michael Dodds
- script
- Tiana Alexandra Silliphant, Stirling Silliphant
- music
- Philip Glass
- editing
- Wojciech Andrzejewski, Marek Klimaszewski, Łukasz Swaryczewski, Marcin Dulemba
- production
- Stirling Linh Silliphant (Film Arts Foundation)
- Photo
