To walk through Hanoi is to move simultaneously forwards and backwards in time.
Recipes handed down for generations are enjoyed next to trendy bubble-tea shops selling the lastest beverage craze. New motorbikes zip past the towering vestiges of old empires. Traditional kites are made with synthetic materials. A ride over a centuries-old bridge can take one to a hip-hop concert just blocks away from where a train rumbles through a quaint neighborhood that recently became a hipster hotspot.
This coalescence of eras, influences and customs is captured in a short film created by Claraboia Filmes, a Brazilian video production team. Shots reverse and speed-up, spin around and slow down as if mirroring the ways one processes Hanoi. Nothing is static, nothing is linear, nothing is without a history or a future.
Have a look below: