Kiyé Simon Luang

À beira do lago Nam Ngum, no norte do Laos, France é uma jovem desejada por dois homens diametralmente opostos. Seu destino a leva a cruzar o caminho de Hugo, um francês, em busca da mulher que o deixou há um ano. Lançamento inédito.

À beira do lago Nam Ngum, no norte do Laos, France é uma jovem desejada por dois homens diametralmente opostos. Seu destino a leva a cruzar o caminho de Hugo, um francês, em busca da mulher que o deixou há um ano. Lançamento inédito.

After thirty-five years spent in France, Hèk returns to Laos: in the meantime, his father has died there. With Hé, his brother who remained to live there, on the intervention of their mother who wants to offer him his last trip, he takes the paternal ashes to his native village, in the mountains of the North. It is this journey undertaken by tuk tuk, a flexible but risky means of transport, which brings loss, mourning, healing and perhaps a form of reconciliation within him.

In winter, during the low water season, sand islands appear in the middle of the Mekong. Appropriating these lands, men, women and children walk, run, fish or play. They make these non-places located between two shores, spaces of freedom and communion with nature.

Laos, 1866. Hirondelle d’Or, a mysterious spy, follows closely the Mekong exploration mission led by Captain De Castel. As the expedition moves deeper into the country, the young woman and the military man attract each other, become closer and fall in love. The botanist Odile Dubuisson and her daughter Marie explore the jungles of northern Laos, 150 years later, following in the footsteps of their illustrious ancestor. Referring to a poem by the explorer: On the branch of the bamboo / The larva of the butterfly / One day will become a flower, Odile understands that he has seen the giant bamboo bloom. She also understands that the giant bamboo will bloom again. This is the perfect opportunity for her to witness a rare event. From then on, the story intertwines present and past.