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Ciné-docs - Le Mékong
Culture · Tuesday, November 10 · 09:00 · Combrit
2B Rue du Stade
From Tibet to the delta, the Mekong flows for 4350 km and passes through six countries. From China to Laos, from Cambodia to Vietnam, the film traces twenty years of evolution of the cities and peoples living along its banks: Tibetan salt works, Xishuangbanna, Luang Prabang, Angkor, Phnom Penh, dragon boat racing, the house of Marguerite Duras’ lover, Ho Chi Minh to Christmas… Between unchanging traditions, modernization and the memory of explorers Mouhot, Pavie, Garnier and Doudart de Lagrée, a journey along a mythical river, witness to the upheavals of a world in full change. In the frame…
