My Apartment Block (2010)

This is a story about the apartment block in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam where the director was born and his family has lived for 30 years. The apartment block was built before 1975 by the old Saigon government. After Vietnam Reunification 1975, the North Vietnam government took over the building and issued apartments to its officers and those who devoted to the Revolution. In 2008, investors offered to buy the whole land, which includes all apartments with very high prices. The film catches memories about the building from familiar neighbors and their reactions to the possibility of selling in order to show the image of modern Vietnam society, which faces a new turning-point.