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Living as One Should

1987 · 43 min

A quiet, earnest reflection on pain and compassion that asks you to sit with it and think.

Overview
A Vietnamese documentary on human suffering and the meaning of kindness.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • morality
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Trần Văn Thủy
Written by
Hồ Trí Phổ, Trần Văn Thủy
Starring
Trần Văn Thủy, Hồ Trí Phổ, Quách Ngọc Xương, Trần Đức
Cinematography
Lê Văn Long, Đỗ Duy Hùng
Runtime
43 min
Country
Vietnam
Languages
Vietnamese

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