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Before the Sea Forgets

2025 · 17 min

A quiet, haunted short that drifts through memory and landscape, asking patience and leaving an unsettled ache.

Directed by
Ngọc Duy Lê
Genres
Drama
Overview
On Da Nang's peninsula, where echoes of war linger, a gay tourist couple searches for a forgotten Vietnamese soldier's grave, shadowed by a mysterious skate crew carving their own paths.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Memory, war, sexuality, isolation
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Ngọc Duy Lê
    Written by
    Ngọc Duy Lê
    Starring
    Trần Thế Mạnh, Nguyễn Lê Sơn
    Runtime
    17 min
    Country
    Singapore
    Languages
    Vietnamese

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