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Don't Burn (2009)

Don't Burn poster
Original title
Đừng đốt
Directed by
Đặng Nhật Minh
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
Vietnam
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Vietnamese woman doctor writes a diary during the Vietnam War. The film follows her life and the choices she makes.

contemplativesadgroundedpersonalrestrainedemotionalsincerehistorical

What happens

Don't Burn (Vietnamese: Đừng Đốt) is a 2009 Vietnamese historical drama film about Đặng Thùy Trâm written and directed by Đặng Nhật Minh. Starring Tina Duong, Minh Huong and Ben Rindner, the film premiered at the 19th Fukuoka International Film Festival in Japan, winning the audience prize. The film was released in Vietnam in late April 2009 and showed at the ASEM international film festival in Hanoi in mid-May 2009. It was also selected as Vietnam's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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