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The Birds Sang in a Tranquil Place

1986 · 72 min

Quiet, gently disillusioned viewing; a slow drift through duty and doubt in a hushed rural setting.

Directed by: Việt Linh
Genres: Drama
Starring: Minh Trang, Lý Hùng, Ánh Tuyết

Overview: After the war a young woman from Saigon goes to the countryside at the call of the government to teach love of country to the local people. There she finds that she doesn't really believe in what she teaches, that she's not really interested in the butterflies and birds of the poems she recites and is terribly bored in the countryside.

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Directed by: Việt Linh
Genres: Drama
Starring: Minh Trang, Lý Hùng, Ánh Tuyết

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
politics
education
work
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Việt Linh
Written by: Lý Lan
Starring: Minh Trang, Lý Hùng, Ánh Tuyết, Hoàng Sơn, Hồ Kiểng, Năm Sa Đéc, Lê Cung Bắc, Cẩm Vân
Music: Phạm Trọng Cầu
Runtime: 72 min
Country: Vietnam
Languages: Vietnamese

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