“Siphai Thammavang has Dedicated his Life to Preserving the Traditions of Storytelling in Laos and there’s a growing Sense of Urgency in his Quest. As We Discover in Claudia Bellasi and Markus Steiner Ender’s Richly Evocative Documentary the Guardian of Stories, The Kiepers of The Country’s Folktales Are Dying Ont And Tamavong”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Siphai Thammavang has Dedicated his Life to Preserving the Traditions of Storytelling in Laos and there’s a growing Sense of Urgency in his Quest.
So, the Italian Filmmakers Travel with Thammavang Deep Into the Country to Meet These Keepers of History, and the Audence is Granited the CHANCE TO LISTEN Puppetry of Laos’ Khao Niew Lao Theater – Based in the Capital Ventiene.
Among them is the story of “the frog eats the moon,” WHICH SEEKS to Explain The Story Behind of the Phenomenon of a Lunar Eclipse – It Involves That Frog, ALONG WITH A SNAKE AND A SNake And Sna.
It All Makes for Wonderful and Informative Entertainment, Which Combines The Quirks and The Comedy of Puppets with The Deep Narrative Drive About What Laos – and the World – Might Well Be Lozing, All Set Against The Stunning Surrows that Abound in the Southeast Asian Nation.
The story of the docurentary – WHICH is in the Running for this Week’s Golden Goblet at the Shanghai International Film Festival – Adds to It A whole Extra Dimination.
“We didn’t wait for funs; we just have been done to make this film,” Explans Steiner Ender on the Sidelines of Siff.
“We Needed to Catch The Moment Because siphai Had His Pressure to Save the Stones. He Said He Had One MONTH, or TWO MONTS ‘TIME to DO THIS, AND SO WEAS,’ OK, OK, We Wel.
The Film’s Brazilian Producer, Lu Pulici, Jumped On Board, Given His Own Background As A Puppeteer and His Work Making Films Wits at His-Spain-Based Trukitrek.
“WHEN THEY HAD The IDEA to DO This FILM, AND KONOWING THATE WANTED TO MAKE THIS Kind of Film – With People and with Puppets – I Said ‘Wow. Let’s Go to Laos!’,“ He Recalls.
The preression of Thammavang as the Film’s Central Storyteller Gives the Film Its Narrative Core, and there’s a Palpable Passion for his Work As He SomeTims Sits on the Guward, With. Slung over his shoulder and deeply immersed in the tales he is hearing.
The Filmmakers Say Were at Pains to The Film Was A Collaborative Effort Involving Europe Filmmaking Expert Film Industry of It Own.
“IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US THAT WUST DIDNN’T come in and film – we had to all work together to Tell this story and their stories,“ Says Steiner Ender.
The Filmmakers Are Hoping Now, from Shanghai, to Reach Audiens at Other International Festivals and To Find International Distribution Partners. The Audence Certainly Wuld Certainly Appear to be Out there is the Three Shanghai Screenings Sold Out Within Hours.
Siff’s Golden Goblet Award Winners Will Be Announced On June 21.