Lecture of the Travellers' Circle: "The Mekong"

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Roscoff, cycle of cine-docs, travelogue Le Cercle des Voyageurs: "Le Mekong", in the presence of the filmmaker. From Tibet to the delta, the Mekong runs its course over 4350 km and crosses six countries. From China to Laos, from Cambodia to Vietnam, the film retraces twenty years of evolution of the cities and peoples living on its banks: Tibetan saline works, Xishuangbanna, Luang Prabang, Angkor, Phnom Penh, dragon boat races, the house of Marguerite Duras's lover, Ho Chi Minh City at Christmas… Between immutable traditions, modernization and the memory of explorers Mouhot, Pavie, Garnier an…