Ao lua ha dong (2006)

Director:

Luu Huynh

Writer:

Luu Huynh (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Wartime epic involving a poverty-stricken family who struggle to make ends meet, and the mother who does the unthinkable to provide her daughters with the traditional silk dresses required to attend school.

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Truong Ngoc Anh	...	Dau
Khanh Quoc Nguyen	...	Gu
Nhu Quynh Nguyen
Bach Thuy Tong

Also Known As:

The White Silk Dress (International: English title)

Runtime:

142 min

Country:

Vietnam

Language:

Vietnamese | French | Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:15

Company:

Anh Viet Company

Trivia:

The first Vietnamese film to utilize the "flying cam" technique.

Loved the movie

I have traveled to Vietnam many times for business and pleasure and I am sort of familiar with the pain and suffering that ordinary people went through before the war, during the war and many years afterward. The White Silk Dress is about a love story between two very poor servants who have high values even though they are struggling to survive. For a poor country with limited means, this movie portrayed the events well and in my opinion not slanted towards one side or the other politically. Vietnamese people are very conservative when it comes to nudity and I was surprised to see scenes of bare breasts which in this movie was part of the plot and well done. I enjoyed the movie very much and definitely recommend it.