JACKFRUIT

Alemanha | Germany| 34'09" | 2021

Realizadora|Director: Thùy Trang Nguyễn

Elenco|Cast: Hồng Ngọc Lê, Dần Boldt, Mai Phương Kollath, Shari Asha Crosson, Mehmet Yılmaz

Produção|Production: Mitti Nghiêm, Maurice Egen

Escola|School: internationale filmschule köln

Synopsis:

For the 23-year-old Mít life between two worlds is nothing new. Like pushing a button they can change their identity. Changing into the traditional Vietnamese child or the self-determined, queer Berliner. In typical Vietnamese fashion, Mít is confronted about their love life during grandmother Roan’s weekly dinner table. Their mother Mai, on the other hand, wants a degree rather than a decent husband for her child. Either way – Mít doesn’t have a degree nor interest in a husband. In- stead, they are seeing Lara. As their affair becomes more serious, Mít feels the need to stop hiding. But before Mít finds the courage to move out of their mother’s nest, grandmother Roan is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disea- se. Roan has to move out of her small apartment. The ancestral altar, which has been in her care for over twenty years, can no longer be with her. Only “male” family members are in line for succession. For Mít, a part of their familiar world threatens to collapse. When grandmother forgets, memories of the distant homeland Vietnam also fade. The altar is the final link to their ancestors and their Vietnamese roots. Mít takes on a journey to search for the connection between their two seemingly incompatible identities. Mít discovers that queerness will always be part of their history and within lies the strength to create their own future.