Authorities in Vietnam have banned commercial screenings of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.”The Warner Bros.
film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, was set to have been released in the country on July 21.The film contains a scene that depicts a map with the “nine dash line,” a representation of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam says violates its sovereignty.Vi Kien Thanh, director general of the Vietnam Cinema Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said on Monday that the ban was decided by the National Film Evaluation Council.Warner Bros.
has not responded to Variety’s requests for comment.Many of China’s neighbors, including Vietnam, have competing and overlapping territorial claims and strongly dispute China’s assertions.
In 2016, a United Nations disputes resolution tribunal in The Hague ruled unanimously against the…
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