The tunnels of the mine where two miners, Viet and Nam, go down every day are not only a hot, dark, and dangerous workplace but also a warm and cozy universe for just the two of them. Born as a posthumous child Nam has the life-long task of finding the remains of his father, a Vietnam veteran who was killed in the Vietnam War. Nevertheless, he wishes to leave Vietnam and find a new life by smuggling himself out of the country. Viet, in the meantime, hopes to continue staying in Vietnam with Nam but hesitates to express his feelings to him. Viet and Nam by director Truong Minh Quy, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, delivers a contrasting sense of the same space through outstanding visual direction. Just as the romance between the two men and the pain of war coexist, the boundary between the living and the dead becomes blurred and vague. (Dave KIM)