US Trailer for Vibrant Vampire Romance ‘Daydreamers’ from Vietnam
by Alex Billington
April 3, 2025
Source: YouTube
“They’re coming for us.” “I’m not leaving you.” Dark Star Pictures has revealed the official US trailer for an indie vampire romantic thriller titled Daydreamers, made by the Vietnamese filmmaker Timothy Linh Bui. The originally opened in Vietnam in late 2023, then premiered at the 2024 Viet Film Fest last year, now set for a May release in limited theaters in the US this summer. Set in present day Saigon. Vampires, once predators of the night, are all but extinct. The few who remain cling to a desperate truce to not kill humans for their blood. They remain clustered together in a riverboat community, setting a rule not to kill people so they can live safely. But in the shadows, a brother’s thirst awakens, igniting a dark desire that will pit him against his own kind, shattering the fragile peace and plunging the city into a bloody new era… Featuring stunning visual effects & a powerful story, Daydreamers opens in the US starting in May this summer. This stars Tran Ngoc Vang, Thuan Nguyen, Trinh Thao, and global icon Chi Pu. Looks good! Vibrant and stylish, with plenty of sleek shots in addition to an intensely riveting story about vamps & love. Check it out.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Timothy Linh Bui’s film Daydreamers, direct from YouTube:
Set in modern-day Saigon, following Nhat, a young vampire raised in a secretive riverboat community that suppresses its thirst for human blood. When his estranged brother Marco returns, tempting him with freedom in the city’s nightlife, Nhat breaks vampire law to protect a rebellious girl who uncovers his secret—sparking a deadly chain of events. As chaos erupts, Daydreamers delivers a genre-blending, emotionally charged twist on vampire mythology with a powerful story of loyalty, identity & survival. Daydreamers, also known as Nguoi Mat Troi in Vietnamese, is written and directed by Vietnamese producer / filmmaker Timothy Linh Bui, director of the films Green Dragon and Powder Blue previously, plus a producer on many others. Produced by Irene Trinh, Anh Tien Tran, Timothy Linh Bui. This initially opened in Vietnam in December 2023, and it also played at the 2024 Viet Film Fest last fall. Dark Star will debut Daydreamers in select US theaters on May 2nd, 2025, then on VOD starting June 3rd this summer. Anyone intrigued?
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