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The White Silk Dress (2006)

The White Silk Dress poster
Original title
Áo Lụa Hà Đông
Directed by
Luu Huynh
Genre
drama film
Country
Vietnam
Runtime
2h 22m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother struggles to preserve her family's traditions and dignity during the Vietnam War. She passes down a treasured white silk dress to her daughters as a symbol of hope and survival.

poignantnostalgicresilientfamily-centeredtenderhistoricalsombervisually evocative

What happens

The White Silk Dress (Vietnamese: Áo lụa Hà Đông) is a 2006 Vietnamese war film directed by Luu Huynh starring Truong Ngoc Anh and Nguyen Quoc Khanh. With a budget of over 2 million dollars, it is one of the most expensive Vietnamese films ever made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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