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To Live

2009 · 88 min

A quiet, sobering plunge into sudden disability, carried by patient observation and a slow ache of loss and endurance.

Directed by: Dung Trung Tran
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Tiến Lộc, Văn Báu, Đồng Thanh Bình

Overview: A successful flight attendant finds her life collapsing when she becomes paralysed after an accident.

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Directed by: Dung Trung Tran
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Tiến Lộc, Văn Báu, Đồng Thanh Bình

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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: grief
identity
healing
isolation
love
Places: hospital
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Dung Trung Tran
Starring: Tiến Lộc, Văn Báu, Đồng Thanh Bình
Music: Trọng Đài
Runtime: 88 min
Country: Vietnam
Languages: Vietnamese

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