Mist of the Perfume River

Documentary following stand-up comedian and war refugee Hung Le, who returns to Vietnam from Australia to honour the tenth anniversary of his father's passing by experiencing his late dad's sculpted art.

In 1975, Vietnamese artist Le Thanh Nhon gathered his family and escaped on a leaky boat to Australia. Three months before his death in 2002, he wrote to his old friends hoping that the statues he had sculpted during his life in Vietnam be displayed for the enjoyment of all in the "Mist of the Perfume River”. Every evening, at sunset, he and his friends had walked down to the Perfume River where they drank, talked about art, poetry and music and celebrated life. His vision was for his legacy of art to be available to the people of his country and its visitors. Hung comes to see the legacy his father has left behind in Vietnam and witness how his father and his art have been embraced by the ancient city of Hue, now a world heritage site.

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