The Little Heart
OT: Trái Tim Bé Bong
Thanh Van Nguyen // Vietnam, 2007
Fiction Feature // FF2008
Story
17-yeart-old Mai (Do Nguyen Lan Ha) – awarded the Vietnamese Film Prize for this role) is glad to escape the poverty of her village in central Vietnam. But instead of working the factory job she was promised in Saigon, she is forced into prostitution. When her sister wants to take up the same factory job, Mai makes her way home. Director Thanh Van Nguyen, also awarded the Vietnamese Film Prize for “Little Heart”, was inspired by a news report on a fate shared by many girls who leave home to find work.
Director
Info
Trái Tim Bé Bong
Fiction Feature
Vietnamese
Agenda 08//FF2008
Vietnam
2007
90 min
OV
Thanh Van Nguyen
Nguyen Quang Lap
Do Nguyen Lan Ha, Mai Hong Kin Hanh, Minh Hong Anh
Bao Mai
Nguyen Huu Tuan
Hoang Thi Dinh
Quoc Trung
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