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The Somnambulist Woman

2003 · 85 min

A quiet, somber character study of grief and war trauma that lingers in stillness rather than spectacle.

Overview
A young woman struggles to move on from the consuming grief of her experience as a combat medic in the Trường Sơn mountains during Vietnam War .
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • trauma
    • war
    • memory
    • isolation
    Places
    • countryside
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    war, drama
    Directed by
    Nguyễn Thanh Vân
    Written by
    Nguyễn Quang Thiều
    Starring
    Hồng Ánh, Võ Hoài Nam, Lê Vũ Long
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    Vietnam
    Languages
    Vietnamese

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