NYFF Review: Việt and Nam is a Swooning, Stirring Slow Cinema Romance

NYFF Review: Việt and Nam is a Swooning, Stirring Slow Cinema Romance

“Leave the light on. It’s easier for me to dream.” The opening shot of Việt and Nam, writer-director Trương Minh Quý’s sophomore film, is a feat of cinematic restraint. Nearly imperceivable white specs of dust begin to appear, few and far between, drifting from the top of a pitch-black screen to the bottom, where the…