Goodbye Mother (2019)

Original title

Thưa mẹ con đi

Directed by

Trinh Dinh Le Minh

Genre

drama film

Country

Vietnam

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Vietnamese man returns to his rural hometown with his same-sex partner after living in the United States. He must navigate his family's traditional expectations and reveal his true self.

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What happens

Goodbye Mother (Vietnamese: Thưa mẹ con đi) is a Vietnamese socio-psychological film that explores the theme of LGBT issues. It marks the directorial debut of Trịnh Đình Lê Minh. The film was released in 2019 and features the main cast of Lãnh Thanh and Gia Huy. The movie depicts the situation that a Vietnamese young man faces when he and his same-sex partner visit his family in the rural areas of Vietnam after several years of living in the United States. The film has received numerous positive reviews and has been released and screened at various international film festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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