TV series
The Pauper's Child
1999 · 1 season
A somber, slow-moving rural melodrama that weighs you down with injustice and quiet endurance, and keeps you waiting for the past to resurface.
- Created by
- Ho Ngoc Xum
- Genres
- Drama
- Overview
- At the age of 17, Luu is raped by her master. When the young girl falls pregnant and gossips arise in the master’s social circle, he strips her family of their land and banishes them from the estate. Left with little means to support themselves, the family moves to Bac Lieu with Cu, the kind-hearted farmer who marries Luu, and tries to foster a new life here, though remnants of the past is bound to return one day.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, dark, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Class, power, betrayal, survival
- Content
- Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Ho Ngoc Xum
- Genres
- Drama
