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Hải Nguyệt

1998 · 90 min

A quiet, tender portrait of staying behind, steeped in family duty and the ache of leaving, unfolding at a gentle pace.

Directed by: Trần Mỹ Hà
Starring: Hồng Ánh, Mạnh Dung, Ánh Hoa

Overview: A young girl decides to remain in her hometown and continues the fish sauce distillery of her family who is planning to leave Vietnam.

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Directed by: Trần Mỹ Hà
Starring: Hồng Ánh, Mạnh Dung, Ánh Hoa

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
trauma
healing
isolation
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Directed by: Trần Mỹ Hà
Written by: Nguyễn Thị Minh Ngọc
Starring: Hồng Ánh, Mạnh Dung, Ánh Hoa, Anh Thư, Võ Thế Vỹ, Cát Tường, Hồng Vân, Hoài An
Music: Phú Quang
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: Vietnamese

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