Film Information
Year: 2022
Duration: 117'
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama, Romance
Synopsis
Set in the poor Mekong Delta coastal village of Thom Rom, the camera follows the lives of three women, whose love lives are unusual as they try to keep their husbands at all costs. The film is narrated from Hau’s perspective as she experiences life with a husband who only has eyes for another woman. This keeps happening until she develops a growing friendship with her rival. The imagery of fire and ashes appears throughout the movie as a metaphor of the passion and longing of these women.
Director
Bùi Thạc Chuyên is a director and scriptwriter of independent cinema known for his TV series 12A and 4H, his short Night Ride, and his movies Adrift, Living in Fear, Blood Curse and Glorious Ashes. The four movies won national and international awards, apart from helping him obtain the Best Director Award at the Kite Awards 2005 and 2023, and at the 16th edition of the Vietnam Film Festival.