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  • Kino Lorber
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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Summary After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien (Le Phong Vu) leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others’ religious beliefs, summons memori...

Directed By: Thien An Pham

Written By: Thien An Pham

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 59 m
  • 2024
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 59 m

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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94
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 20 User Ratings
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Summary After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien (Le Phong Vu) leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others’ religious beliefs, summons memori...

Directed By: Thien An Pham

Written By: Thien An Pham

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100
Mar 5, 2024
The panoramic intelligence of this film is a wonder.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
100
Jan 25, 2024
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell reminds us that confusion is often a necessary first step toward enlightenment, and that bafflement and beauty often go hand in hand. This is a lesson that Thiên must learn as well. The gift of this movie is that it invites us to learn it alongside him.
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93
Jan 19, 2024
A three-hour drama whose slender story serves as the skeleton for a formally exquisite examination of loss, faith, family, and connection, it's the year’s first masterpiece.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
90
Jan 18, 2024
Cinema as an art form is made infinitely richer via films like Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell. As we let it linger in our minds just as the camera does up until one final unbroken shot, you drift somewhere you've never been before and may never be again.
By Chase Hutchinson FULL REVIEW
90
May 27, 2023
This is challenging but seductive art cinema that invites comparisons to such titans as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tsai Ming-liang and even Theo Angelopoulos, without feeling derivative of any.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
88
Sep 8, 2023
The protagonist may feel cut off from the world, but the film is deeply in harmony with it.
By Jake Cole FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 18, 2024
There’s something singularly fulfilling in a film, like this one, that truly demands that most precious commodity: our attention.
By Zachary Barnes FULL REVIEW
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Production Company JK Film, Potocol, Deuxieme Ligne Films, Zorba the Imaginary Friend, Fasten Films, Singapore Film Commission, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Institut Français, Purin Pictures, Visions Sud Est, Locarno Open Doors, Città di Bellinzona, Normandie Images
Release Date Jan 19, 2024
Duration 2 h 59 m
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Awards

International Cinephile Society Awards
• 3 Nominations
Pingyao International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Asian Film Awards
• 2 Nominations

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