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The Taste of Orange

director: Minami Iizuka

original title: The Taste of Orange

country: Czech Republic

year: 2023

running time: 25 min.

synopsis

An elderly Vietnamese couple has been running a fresh orange juice stand for many years. They live and work at the Sapa market in Prague. This observational documentary about work and homesickness offers a unique sketch of everyday life in a place that is often described as the heart of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic.

“Sometimes you suddenly die because of irony.”

biography

Minami Iizuka is a documentary student in the FAMU International Preparatory Program.

more about film

director:	Minami Iizuka
producer:	Nikola Havlová , Derek Bui
photography:	Minami Iizuka, Gabriel Calais
editing:	Minami Iizuka
sound:	Derek Bui
Consultant:	Vít Janeček, Zuzana Piussi, George Cremaschi

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