The Czech Centre Tel Aviv is proud to be a partner of this year’s TLV Fest, which features the Czech film Summer School (2002). Director Dužan Duong created the first Czech Viet film, an authentic look at life in the Vietnamese community through the eyes of the first Vietnamese generation to grow up in the Czech Republic, filmed with ease and humor. This acclaimed work offers a sensitive and authentic look at adolescence, first loves, and the search for identity, blending humor and drama with ease.
Screening schedule:
26.10.2025, at 20:00
01.11.2025, at 17:15
Annotation
Summer, 2001. Kien, 17 and blazing with red hair, returns to his family at a bustling Cheb market after a decade in Vietnam. But the homecoming isn’t what he imagined: a cold father, a worried mother, and a younger brother ready to challenge him at every turn. As he prints Pokémon on T-shirts, fumbles through Czech grammar, and flirts by the lake, a buried secret emerges—one that will shake the entire marketplace. With wit and warmth, director Dužan Duong paints a vivid portrait of a generation caught between two worlds.
