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Tag Archives: Vietnamese
The Scent of Green Papaya AKA Mùi du du xanh (1993) Tran Anh Hung, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong
A little girl, Mui, went to a house as a new servant. The mother still mourns the death of her daughter Read More »
Song lang (2018) Leon Le, Kim Chi, Isaac, Vu T. Le Thi
It’s 1980s in Saigon. Linh Phung is a star of a traveling Cai-luong Read More »
The Girl on the River AKA Cô gái trên sông (1987) Dang Nhat Minh, Duong Dinh Chau, Minh Chau, Le Dung Nhi
A woman reporter named Lien interviews a former wartime prostitute from South Vietnam named Nguyet Read More »
Travelling Circus AKA Gánh xiec rong (1988) Linh Viet, Thé Anh, Son Bac, Khuong Be
Viet Linh tells the bittersweet story of a little traveling circus from Hanoi Read More »
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories AKA Cha và con và… (2015) Dang Di Phan, Thi Hai Yen Do, Ha Phong Nguyen, Cong Hoang Le
It is the late nineties, Vietnam is in economic turmoil and overpopulation has sparked political concern. Read More »
Owl and the Sparrow (2007) Stephane Gauger, Cat Ly, The Lu Le, Han Thi Pham
A child’s resilience and the kindness of strangers. Thuy is 10, an orphan, working in her uncle’s factory outside Saigon. Read More »