United States / Jan 25, 2025 / Sundance Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras for “Apocalypse Now.”
Main cast
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | We Were the Scenery |
| Original language | Tiếng Việt (VI) |
| Spoken languages | Tiếng Việt, English |
| Production countries | Philippines, United States of America, Vietnam, Canada |
| Status | Released |
| Official site | wewerethesceneryfilm.com |
| Release date | 25 gennaio 2025 |
| Executive producer | Su Kim, Kelly Marie Tran, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Akemi Look, Sevasti Buford, Mingran “Yamira” Yang, Andreas Nicholas, Anthony Dinh Tran, Grace Lay, Jungyoon Kim, Linhao Zhang |
| Production | Jess X. Snow, Cathy Linh Che |
| Writer | Cathy Linh Che |
| Editing | Christopher Radcliff, Andrew Migliori, Stephanie Park |
| Cinematography | Jess X. Snow |
| Assistant directors | Christopher Radcliff |
| Camera operators | Jess X. Snow |
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| Additional photography | Jess X. Snow |
| Music | Eliot Leigh, Haina Zhou |
| Sound | Haina Zhou, Eliot Leigh |
Release dates
Premiere
Switzerland / Apr 06, 2025 / Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon
Poland / May 09, 2025 / Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
Kosovo / Aug 03, 2025 / DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival
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Ukraine / Sep 06, 2025 / OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Ukrainian Edition
Bulgaria / Oct 04, 2025 / OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Bulgarian Edition
Taiwan / Oct 16, 2025 / Kaohsiung Film Festival
Philippines / Nov 14, 2025 / QCinema International Film Festival
South Korea / May 23, 2026 / Diaspora Film Festival
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