Le 17e Parallèle
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
1968 - 113 min - 16 mm - Noir & Blanc - France

Long documentary about the everyday life in Vinh Linh and other villages near the 17th parallel, the demarcation line between North and South Vietnam. This area was bombed heavily bombarded during the Vietnam war, which forced the villagers to live partly underground. The film shows the ingenuity and the determination of the North-Vietnamese people to defend their country and their own land.
The shocking but 'clean' images, the pace of the editing (to illustrate the slow pace of life in an agricultural community) and the synchronous sound of the ongoing bombardments in the background, gives this film also cinematographic importance.

Guerre du Vietnam | Vietnam


Author-Director : Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Delegate Producer : Capi films
Co-producer : Argos Films

Distribution


Distributor : Capi films
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Arte vidéo
Circulation-Consultation : BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). Département de l'Audiovisuel