Wei Jiancheng, director of the Vietnam Film Bureau, confirmed that the movie "Barbie" will not be released in Vietnam due to the "cow's tongue line". "Barbie" is one of the summer blockbusters that has attracted a large number of audiences around the world.
The film is invested by female director Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Liu Simu, Will Farrell and other Hollywood A-list stars participate in the performance... Expected to be released in late July 2023, a series of media products for the film's posters, promos, and trailers have been widely shared online. However, until the end of June, Barbie's release date in Vietnam remained a mystery. At present, "Barbie" has also disappeared from the list of "upcoming movies" that are regularly updated on the theater website. This raises questions about the failure of female director Greta Gwich's work to pass censorship in Vietnam.
Wei Jiancheng, director of the Film Bureau, said in an interview that the National Film Censor Board had already watched it and decided not to let the movie "Barbie" be released in Vietnam. "The Film Bureau has issued a decision to ban the release because the film has appeared the "bull's tongue line" (i.e. the nine-dash line in the South China Sea)." Although the live-action Barbie is inspired by childhood doll characters, it is not a suitable movie for children.
The film tells the story of the dolls who live in "ignorance" in the perfect world of Barbie Land and suddenly fall into an existential crisis one day. Barbie (Margot Robbie) feels that every day is a good day, but life is empty. She decides to leave Barbie Land and come to the real world with her boyfriend Ken (Ryan Gosling). Then, a series of interesting stories happened. The script for Barbie was co-written by filmmakers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach and directed by Greta Gerwig. She was the successful behind-the-scenes director of many films such as "Little Women" and "Ladybug" that have been well received by the American film industry.
"Barbie" is regarded as the "war horse" on the 2023 summer movie track of Warner Bros. Studios, and the release time in the United States is July 21, 2023. The 2019 animated film "Abominable" produced by DreamWorks and Sony Pictures' "Uncharted" in 2022 were banned in Vietnam for the same reason.
