Performers inside the Cocoon. Notice the use of silhouettes of the performers. Photo by Stephanie Eichman (all photos courtesy the Cocoon Project) A common harrumph can be heard across the room in any ...

The experience of Vietnamese writer-director Thien An Pham‘s quietly astounding Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, winner of the Caméra d'Or for best first feature at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, is ...

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Phạm Thiên Án’s Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell is a sprawling, three-hour-long odyssey exploring what it means to live, to have faith, and to experience the natural world. The slow-burning feature won ...

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This drama about a young man's journey with his 5-year-old nephew into the Vietnamese countryside is composed mostly in long, unbroken takes —... 'Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell' is a film where a big ...