Children of the Mist (2022)

Original title

Những Đứa Trẻ Trong Sương

Directed by

Hà Lệ Diễm

Genre

documentary film

Country

Vietnam

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Vietnamese documentary follows a 12-year-old Hmong girl in northern Vietnam over three years as she nears adolescence in a community where bride kidnapping is a traditional custom.

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What happens

Children of the Mist is a 2021 Vietnamese documentary film directed by Hà Lệ Diễm and produced by Phương Thảo Trần and Swann Dubus. It follows Di, a 12-year-old Hmong girl in northern Vietnam, over the course of three years as she approaches adolescence in a community where traditional customs such as bride kidnapping are practiced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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