LOST IN PARADISE

HOT BOY NOI LOAN - CAU CHUYEN VE THANG CUOI, CO GAI DIEM VA CON VIT

By Ngoc DANG VU

VIETNAM MEDIA CORP. / BHD CO, LTD - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2011

Perhaps the first film from Vietnam to depict homosexual love both explicitly and in a positive light, Ngoc Dang Vu’s Lost in Paradise conveys its characters’ lives in a remarkable range of tones, from the humor­ous to the absurd to the tragic.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2011
Discovery
Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2012
Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2011
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • VIETNAM
    • Languages
    • VIETNAMESE
    • Duration
    • 103 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ngoc DANG VU
    • Producer(s)
    • Thi Bich Hien NGO
    • Synopsis
    • Lam, a hustler was rescued after being almost killed in one working night. Lam spent 4 years in the hometown of his boyfriend to seek him but Lam couldn’t find him. Then Lam came back to the city to turn tricks again and Lam still keeps seeking his boyfriend. Lam has to face to the complexities and absurdities in the world of gay prostitution. Until Lam meets Khoi, Lam realizes the destiny always treats him unfairly . How can Lam do it over to start a new life?