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Owl and the Sparrow

2008 · 97 min

A gentle, bittersweet wander through a bustling city where three lost people slowly find each other and something like home.

Overview
In modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 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
  • loneliness
  • found family
  • isolation
  • class
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Stephane Gauger
Written by
Stephane Gauger
Starring
Cat Ly, Lê Thế Lữ, Han Thi Pham, Nguyễn Hậu, Nguyễn Trọng Hải, Teresa Michelle Lee, Hoang Long, Bui Thi Noan
Runtime
97 min
Country
Vietnam, United States of America
Languages
Vietnamese

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