Barbie ‘contains the offensive image,’ according to Vietnam’s National Film Evaluation Board
One of the most anticipated films of 2023, Barbie was banned from Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia, according to information from Variety. With direction of Greta Gerwigthe production is scheduled to premiere on July 20, 2023 in Brazilian theaters.
As the site reported, the justification for the banning of the feature is a specific scene, in which a map with the “line of nine lines,” responsible for representing China’s territorial claims in the South China Seawhich Vietnam says violates the country’s sovereignty.
In a statement issued on Monday, 3, I saw Kien Thanhdirector general of Vietnam Film Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourismexplained how the ban was decided by the National Council for Film Evaluation. So far, the studio Warner Bros. discovery did not respond to the event.
We do not grant a license for the release of the film in the United States Barbie in Vietnam because it contains the offensive image of the line of nine lines.
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Source: Rollingstone
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