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Dao Luat and her ex, Tu Cong, embark on a treasure hunt in a cursed mountain. Within the cave system, the line between reality and illusion blurs as they confront twisted versions of each other while time seems to fall apart.
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Director's Statement
The short film “Treasure” is an experimental project in which I want to focus on an unexplored topic in Vietnam’s cinema movement.
Featuring a time loop and human psychological complexity, “Treasure” was filmed entirely at the site of the real mountains and caves stretching across two provinces located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands - Dak Nong and Dak Lak. Setting my story in a mysterious cave system with mind-bending time travel rules, the film highlights the underlying message about the transformation and alienation of human behaviour under extremely harsh conditions.
“Treasure” is my manifesto for the truth I believe: This person’s evil is both the cause and the result of the other’s evil. A vicious cycle of evil always recurs.
