“By revealing past and present violence and destruction in the Mekong Delta, "First Rain, Brise-Soleil" proposes a gentler view of modernity that embraces the poetry and lyricism of indigenous knowledge and the region’s fragile ecosystem. ”

“The attitude towards design in Africa is still one that centres the privileged perspective. From a grassroots level, however, design, in most instances, is a spontaneous practice.”

“The film suggests that we too may be approaching the end of our time on Earth — and that the beginning of a new cycle of life is an inevitable, beautiful reality of our universe.”