Barbie fans will not be able to watch the live-action movie in theaters in Vietnam. That’s because, the plot directed by Greta Gerwigwas banned from being shown on the commercial circuit of the Southeast Asian country due to a scene in which a map of Asia containing the “line of nine rays” is displayed, as reported by Deadline.
It is worth remembering that the “line of nine lanes” is the territorial demarcation established by the Chinese government to determine that most of the South China Sea belongs to China, including regions close to the coast of Vietnam, and several islands.
The demarcation was contested by Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei, resulting in the Hague Tribunal ruling in 2016 that China has no legal basis to claim all of the territory demarcated by it, but the decision was not recognized by the Chinese government.
Therefore, I saw Kien Thanhdirector general of the Vietnam Film Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper that the ban was decided upon by Vietnam’s National Film Evaluation Board.
We have not granted a license for the American film Barbie to be released in Vietnam because it contains the offensive image of the nine-dash line,” he explained.
“Barbie” arrives in theaters on July 20 bringing the actors Margot Robbie It is Ryan Gosling in the skin of the more traditional versions of Barbie and Ken. In addition to them, the cast also has names like Emma Mackey, Dua Lipa, Simiu Liu, Scott Evans, Emerald Fennell, america ferrera It is Helen Mirren.
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