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Locarno Filmmakers of the Present Golden Leopard Winner ‘Hair, Paper, Water’ Marks Directors’ Homecoming to Poetic Documentary

By John Hopewell Aug 16, 2025 | 9:15 AM

Like a child chasing a firefly on impulse, “Hair, Paper, Water” directors Trương Minh Quý and Nicolas Graux follow Cao Thị Hậu’s words and gestures on a journey back to the cave of her childhood.  A homecoming evokes the idea of birth — both as a place, in the caves of central Vietnam where Cao […]