24 April 2013

Mother's Soul



Phạm Nhuệ Giang : 2011
Tâm hồn mẹ

Thu is an independent young girl and helps her mother Lan whenever she can. Together they sell fruit at the weekly market but the income hardly makes them a living. Things are different for her class-mate Đăng. His mother has died. His father has remarried and Đăng has been left with his grandparents. He yearns for the maternal love that Lan shows her daughter. But when Lan gets into a fraught relationship with a married man, Thu's emotional needs are also neglected. She places her yearning for affection in Đăng, assuming the role of the "little mother" for him. Through these tender relationships the film follows the life of women and children from underprivileged circles. A difficult life, full of adventure and disillusion in the end, but also filled with great affection and humanity. Phạm Nhuệ Giang's film, her third feature, was winner of the award for Best Leading Actress at Dubai Film Festival 2011.

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