Summer School, 2001

Jul 24, 2025

1h 42m

★ 7.0

The first Czech-Viet film.

Overview

A teenage boy returns to his family after years apart, scarred from being sent to Vietnam while his younger brother stayed in Czechia. After reunion, he faces a distant father, a mother desperate to mend the past, and a brother uneasy about sharing the spotlight. One chaotic summer pushes them to their limits when the younger brother falls from a roof. Between misunderstandings and clumsy family dynamics, they learn that sometimes, healing begins by letting the cracks show.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

AZN kru

Nutprodukce

Nutprodukcia

Summer School, 2001 Trailers

Cast

Dũng

Hoang Anh Doan

Tai

Tô Tiến Tài

Kiên

Bùi Thế Dương

Lan

Lê Quỳnh Lan

Dung Nguyen

Thang Xuan Ngo

Xuan Tiem To

Thi Pham Nhung

Jana Vaculíková

Thanh Vu Hoang

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