The Building

The Building

1999 · 90 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

On May 1, 1975 with Viet Cong troops march through Saigon celebrating their victory. Tham, caretaker of Victory Hotel, a relatively small establishment in downtown Saigon, nervously observes these celebrations. The owners have fled Saigon and the hotel is to be requisitioned by the new government. Tham wonders what his fate will be under the new regime. The next day he is told that that the hotel is to be transformed into a collective flat for the Viet Cong cadre and their families now entering the city. Tham is not hostile to this but is concerned about his place in the new set up. Will he still have a job? Will he be treated as an enemy?

Directed by Việt Linh · Written by Việt Linh

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 11m together

The Building

The Bitter Taste of Love

Both from Việt Linh.

More from Việt LinhSee all →

The Bitter Taste of Love

The Bitter Taste of Love · 1990

The Bitter Taste of Love

MovieRomanceDrama

In post-war Vietnam, a talented piano student and doctor in training begin a doomed love affair.

Travelling Circus

Travelling Circus · 1988

Travelling Circus

A small traveling circus from Hanoi arrives at a village struck down by famine, trying to sell magic and dreams.

Yellow Flowers On the Green Grass

Yellow Flowers On the Green Grass · 2015

Yellow Flowers On the Green Grass

After and act of violence leaves his brother Tuong paralyzed, Thieu discovers the true meaning of brotherhood.

Me Thao: The Legendary Age

Me Thao: The Legendary Age · 2002

Me Thao: The Legendary Age

MovieDramaHistory

In early 20th century Vietnam, a nobleman scorns everything Western after his beautiful fiance dies in an auto wreck and forces the poor villagers to destroy all their "modern" possessions. Loosely based on the novel "Chùa Đàn" by Nguyễn Tuân

Ở Đây Có Nắng

Ở Đây Có Nắng · 2018

Ở Đây Có Nắng

One day, Tung Nhan was shocked to discover that he had an illegitimate son with his ex-lover many years ago. If he admitted the child, he would be involved in a scandal, and his career as a famous TV show MC/director could be ruined. But remembering that he was also an orphan, Tung Nhan decided not to let his son be alone. Unfair things started to happen when father and son reunited...

The Trial Needs a Judge

The Trial Needs a Judge · 1987

The Trial Needs a Judge

No one can understand why a successful and seemingly happily married actress killed herself, but some think that it has to do with what happened to her during the war.

The Birds Sang in a Tranquil Place

The Birds Sang in a Tranquil Place · 1986

The Birds Sang in a Tranquil Place

After the war a young woman from Saigon goes to the countryside at the call of the government to teach love of country to the local people. There she finds that she doesn't really believe in what she teaches, that she's not really interested in the butterflies and birds of the poems she recites and is terribly bored in the countryside.

More Like This

Antonia's Line

Antonia's Line · 1995

MovieDramaComedy

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.

Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle · 1993

Sleepless in Seattle

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never having met. Will their paths collide despite the odds?

The Piano

The Piano · 1993

MovieDramaRomance

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited pre-teen daughter Flora to the wilderness of 19th-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine · 2006

Little Miss Sunshine

MovieComedyDrama

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Open Hearts

Open Hearts · 2002

MovieDramaRomance

Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.

Italian for Beginners

Italian for Beginners · 2000

Italian for Beginners

MovieComedyDrama

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

Fat Girl

Fat Girl · 2001

Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand that she is merely an object of desire. And, as such, she can only be taken. Or had. Indeed, this is the subject: a girl's loss of virginity. And, that summer, it opens a door to tragedy.

Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham · 2002

Bend It Like Beckham

MovieComedyDrama

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter