Starting Place
1994, French. Directed by Robert Kramer.
In this film from late in his career, Kramer returns to Hanoi after nearly 25 years to re-envision the city’s struggle through an uncertain and daunting past, present, and future. The Vietnamese characters in the film are diverse: Kramer’s former guide from an earlier visit in 1969; a tight-rope walker in the national circus; a man who took photos of B-52s and another who lost his fingers shooting them down.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 9 March 1994
- Original title
- Point de départ / Starting Place
- Written by
- Robert Kramer
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Starting Place runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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Starting Place isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 March 1994. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Starting Place?
Starting Place (1994) was directed by Robert Kramer and stars Clothilde Piven.