Vanna
Vanna, ein kambodschanisches Schicksal
Vanna, une histoire cambodgienne
Switzerland / France, December 1998
FILM,
Documentary,
57 min.
- directed by
- Eric Vander Borght
- Status
- In distribution
A small girl faces up to her destiny. Somewhere in Cambodia, on 21 August 1997. While feeding the chickens, Vanna, an eight-year-old girl, steps on a landmine. Her leg is gone forever. Full of courage and determination Vanna learns in the space of a year to confront the stares and to master the new limits to her freedom of movement. At the prosthetics centre they fit her out with a new made-to-measure limb and with great patience teach her to walk again. Vanna’s mother tells her: “It’s just like when you were a baby learning to walk for the first time. At first it’s difficult, but later you will manage very well.”
credits
- World Premiere
- December 1998
- Original Version
- Khmer (french subtitles), colour, Beta SP, 57 min.
- Production
- Troubadour Films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E., Handicap International
- Producer
- directed by
- Eric Vander Borght
- Cinematography
- Eric Vander Borght
- Location Sound Mix
- Laurent Barbey
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Troubadour Films
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Nürnberg International Human Rights Film Festival
23.09.1999 - 26.09.1999 -
Biarritz, Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels Biarritz
19.01.1999 - 24.01.1999