Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava – Films

Em bé đồng bóng, em bé ngạo nghễ và em bé đau lòng

Nông Nhật Quang
Vietnam, South Korea | 2026 | 105 min
World premiere
Languages : Vietnamese, English
Subtitles : English, French

When an unplanned baby nicknamed Guava enters the lives of conservative mother Cuc, troubled daughter Mai, and detached gay son Quang, the trio travels back in time through their family diaries and photos. With his first film, Quang creates a time capsule for Guava, in which mending ruptured bonds and preparing for a new cycle of motherhood will hopefully help acceptance prevail.

Tiger mom Cuc aspires to the perfect traditional Vietnamese family. But when her daughter Mai develops psychological issues and her son Quang comes out as gay, the dream shatters. The unexpected arrival of Mai’s baby upsets the family’s fragile balance and prompts Quang to create a time capsule – the film itself. He documents the family’s journey towards a new cycle of motherhood, while opening a door to the past. The trio looks back over diaries and family photographs in an attempt to mend their broken bonds. In his first feature film, Quang Nông Nhật draws on all his courage, talent and queerness in his effort to piece the family mosaic back together, untangling the knots created by years of silence. It is through each of their precious archives, and by unsettling the established order, that he gradually comes to understand what lives within those closest to him. Perhaps, in so doing, they will come to accept one another and build a loving home, so that baby Guava can love and be loved as they themselves so yearned to be?

Aurélien Marsais

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