Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Official U. S. Trailer

In theaters January 19. Winner of the prestigious Camera dOr for Best First Feature at the Cannes Film Festival, this enthralling debut from Vietnamese filmmaker Thien An Pham is a reverie on faith, loss, and nature expressed with uncommon invention and depth. The sudden death of his sisterinlaw brings unexpected responsibilities to Thien (Le Phong Vu), who is reluctantly tasked with bringing his fiveyearold nephew Dao to their countryside hometown. On the road, Thien is drawn into a search for his longmissing older brother, haunted and spurred forward by a series of sublime dreams that reignite suppressed memories, forbidden desires, and specters of his own youth. What began as a journey home becomes a pilgrimage marked by visual splendor and mystical overtones, a quest for understanding and certainty in a Vietnam that seems unable to provide any clear answers. As Thien battles with the existential question of what is worth living for, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell interrogates the persistence