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Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention

RAVENNA TRAN | UNITED KINGDOM | 2024 | 17 MIN |ENGLISH

RAVENNA TRAN | UNITED KINGDOM | 2024 | 17 MIN |ENGLISH

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Synopsis

A short music film set to classical music from Québec and filmed in a colourful, cinematic style, Doux temps (Sweet Times) explores the sharp contrast between, on the one hand, the somewhat routine daily lives of four characters and, on the other, the lyrical sweep of words and music that evoke the amorous passions of the ‘sweet days’ of youth.

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Filmmaker Bio

Ravenna Tran is a London-based Chinese-Vietnamese American director and cinematographer, who discovered a love of storytelling through filmmaking later in life after several career changes. There are many themes that surface in her filmwork - love, memories and past lives, human growth and acceptance, and being lost then found.

Producer

Nathan M. Legger, Filippo Bernardini, Megha Bhaduri, Aditya Jain

Writer

Rebecca Ozer

Cinematographer

Deon van Zyl

Cast

  • Joni Ayton-Kent
  • Jennifer English
  • Ashley Goh
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