Summary Beginning of the journey in Hue: Jérôme meets Duc, a tailor who produces typical dresses and who invites him to visit the market (they eat a jellyfish) and the Citadel of Hue: there they meet Buu Y who has yellow blood (he is a descendant of the king Minh Mang) .Later they meet the director of the school for fin arts ,Do Ky Hay ,who explains the work of the lacqueres in the restoration of the monuments.Not far a group of former students of one the best schools of Hue (they wear elegant violet dresses).Jérôme and Duc go to the Pagoda to make offerings ( incense sticks) because it's the day of the Moon.Now Jérôme is on the Mandarine Road which goes from the Chinese border to the Mekong delta, he meets Nam , a man riding a bicycle who takes pictures and visit people in the villages.At the Clouds Pass he sees how young married takes pictures of the top of a monument.Then we are in Danang, a place famous for its beaches.Jérôme travels by train to Hoi An where he meets Réhahn Croqueville, a French photographer , who presents him Mrs Tong, a lady whose picture is now in the Museum of Vietnamese Women in Hanoi and the people say her that she is is the most beautiful woman in the world.They they go to Prao, a place of the Co Tu minority (60.000 persons): there Réhahn presents him the grandfather and the granddaughter; their picture have been published in a book.In the night they meet in the market the chef Duc Tran buying fishes and seafood, and also fish sauce and in the night they enjoy a delicious supper of seafood prepared with Vietnamese fish sauce.Jérôme takes the train to Ho Chi Minh Ville and meet there his interpreter Hai, the meet Yen Ngo , a young woman working in telemarketing.The go to a park where people listen to birds and they they go to the Square of the Commune of Paris where is the Cathedral Our Lady of Saigon (a place of meeting of young people).Jérôme meets then Anh a young female scooter driver who works as guide in the night for foreigner tourists and they visit a bar where a Vietnamese pop band is singing.Finally Jérôme goes to Vinh Long in the Mekong delta, there he meets Yae Truong Thi Day and her husband Bul Van Mang: with them they go up by boat to Saigon (12 hours) buying in one place bananas, in another place breadfruit: they explain him that there are very dangerous snakes in these waters, king cobras, spectacled cobra and white-lipped pit viper and there is an anti-venom center and also a snake farm where people produce anti-venom serum.Finally they arrive at Cai Be and Yae wishes that Jérôme will come back to Vietnam.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Ismaël Khelifa Raphaël de Casabianca Sophie Jovillard Jérôme Pitorin
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jun 17, 2016
Countries of origin : France
Official sites : Bo Travail ! France 5
Language : French
Production companies : France Télévisions France 5 Bo Travail
Summary Beginning of the journey in Hue: Jérôme meets Duc, a tailor who produces typical dresses and who invites him to visit the market (they eat a jellyfish) and the Citadel of Hue: there they meet Buu Y who has yellow blood (he is a descendant of the king Minh Mang) .Later they meet the director of the school for fin arts ,Do Ky Hay ,who explains the work of the lacqueres in the restoration of the monuments.Not far a group of former students of one the best schools of Hue (they wear elegant violet dresses).Jérôme and Duc go to the Pagoda to make offerings ( incense sticks) because it's the day of the Moon.Now Jérôme is on the Mandarine Road which goes from the Chinese border to the Mekong delta, he meets Nam , a man riding a bicycle who takes pictures and visit people in the villages.At the Clouds Pass he sees how young married takes pictures of the top of a monument.Then we are in Danang, a place famous for its beaches.Jérôme travels by train to Hoi An where he meets Réhahn Croqueville, a French photographer , who presents him Mrs Tong, a lady whose picture is now in the Museum of Vietnamese Women in Hanoi and the people say her that she is is the most beautiful woman in the world.They they go to Prao, a place of the Co Tu minority (60.000 persons): there Réhahn presents him the grandfather and the granddaughter; their picture have been published in a book.In the night they meet in the market the chef Duc Tran buying fishes and seafood, and also fish sauce and in the night they enjoy a delicious supper of seafood prepared with Vietnamese fish sauce.Jérôme takes the train to Ho Chi Minh Ville and meet there his interpreter Hai, the meet Yen Ngo , a young woman working in telemarketing.The go to a park where people listen to birds and they they go to the Square of the Commune of Paris where is the Cathedral Our Lady of Saigon (a place of meeting of young people).Jérôme meets then Anh a young female scooter driver who works as guide in the night for foreigner tourists and they visit a bar where a Vietnamese pop band is singing.Finally Jérôme goes to Vinh Long in the Mekong delta, there he meets Yae Truong Thi Day and her husband Bul Van Mang: with them they go up by boat to Saigon (12 hours) buying in one place bananas, in another place breadfruit: they explain him that there are very dangerous snakes in these waters, king cobras, spectacled cobra and white-lipped pit viper and there is an anti-venom center and also a snake farm where people produce anti-venom serum.Finally they arrive at Cai Be and Yae wishes that Jérôme will come back to Vietnam.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jun 17, 2016
Countries of origin : France
Official sites : Bo Travail ! France 5
Language : French
Production companies : France Télévisions France 5 Bo Travail