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Synopsis: The love story of Dan (a beautiful young woman) and Gu (a humpback), servants from two separate households in Ha Dong, Vietnam who have suffered most of their lives at the hands of their cruel masters. The couple flee south soon after Gu presents Dan with a wedding gift - the precious white silk dress his mother had owned (his one valuable possession), while he promises her a proper marriage someday in the future. The couple arrive in the seaside town of Hoi An and build a new life, with Dan ultimately giving birth to 4 daughters. Despite struggling through immense poverty and hardships, the family is happy and fulfilled as long as they have each other, but the horrors of the encroaching war brings tragedy and threatens to tear them apart.

Genre: Drama

Director(s): Luu Huynh

Actors: Thien Tu Tran, Truong Ngoc Anh, Khanh Quoc Nguyen, Nhu Quynh Nguyen

3 wins & 1 nomination.


IMDB:: 7.5

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Year:: 2006
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as long as we,re together.
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Here are the Viet Minh, who wanted
their independence and freedom.
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This is how they got it.
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Let's go.
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The defeat at Dien Bien Phu
on May / 7th / 1954
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marks the end of France's 100 years
Indochina empire.
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The Gevene Treaty was signed
on July / 20th /1954.
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Vietnam was divided
into communist North Vietnam and
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American-backed South Vietnam.
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What is it, darling?
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Your white silk dress.
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Are you going to rake mussels?
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Yes.
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Darling, one of us has
to keep an eye on the baby.
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Don't worry, she's not going anywhere.
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Darling, our daughter
is almost a month old,
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but we still haven't given her a name.
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Let's name her Flood.
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Since we,re poor,
we'll give her an ugly name.
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So she won't suffer from poverty later.
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Our ancestors have always taught us so.
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Mussels, mussels for sale.
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Mussels for sale.
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Mussels for sale.
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Go with Mom. Be quick!
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Mussels for sale.
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Mussels for sale.
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Come on. Push! Push harder! Harder!
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It's not your firstborn.
Why is it so difficult?
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Push harder! Harder!
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Push harder! Push harder!
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Push harder!
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Harder!
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You were born the year of the Snake,
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thirty-seven-years-old.
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You have the fate of an orphan.
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Since you were born,
you have had a hard and pitiful life.
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This year will be a very bad year.
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There's a bad star rising for you.
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Your dreams will go unfulfilled.

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Luu Huynh

Lưu Huỳnh (born Saigon) is a Vietnam-born Vietnamese American film director. His family arrived in America when he was 16 years old. He worked as a director for the Vietnamese diaspora variety show Paris By Night, which is banned in Vietnam. In 1997, a segment he directed accompanying a song by Trịnh Công Sơn generated much controversy among overseas Vietnamese because it allegedly depicted South Vietnam during the Vietnam War in a negative light.His 2007 film The White Silk Dress (Áo lụa Hà Đông) won the Audience Award at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, the Kodak Vision award at the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival in Japan, and the highly coveted "Best foreign film" award at the Golden Rooster Awards in China.The White Silk Dress has also been officially selected to represent Vietnam at the 80th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category."The Legend is Alive" (Huyền thoại bất tử) released in 2009 and won six Golden Kite Awards, including a tie for Best Film.His latest film, "In the name of love" (Lấy chồng người ta) was nominated for People's choice award in 2012. more…

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