The third millenia had barely started and 17 years old red haired Kien returned to his family and their little market stall in the Czech Republic after a decade growing up with his grandmother in Vietnam. Instead of the warm welcome he expects he finds a distant father, a worried mother and a clingy little brother.

“Summer school 2001” may be told in a light tone but it is a complex and multi-layered film on the differences between generations and cultural identity. This is an authentic piece telling a coming-of-age story of a young man who feels a stranger in the community he belongs to in a foreign country.

Director and screenwriter Dužan Duong’s debut film brings Kien’s story in a very moving and unique way and gives its audience a new and intriguing voice you will want to follow.

In association with the Embassy of the Czech Centre Tel Aviv