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In post war Vietnam, Mien leads a happy life with her second husband Hoan and son when one day, her veteran husband Bon, thought to be dead, suddenly reappears, shattered and battered by the war.
Tradition and social expectation are powerful tools as she is implicitly pressured to go back to Bon, their war hero after fourteen years, leaving unwillingly behind her beloved husband and son.
The story alternates between Mien's, Bon's and Hoan's interior musings (life and destiny I scream your na ...more
In post war Vietnam, Mien leads a happy life with her second husband Hoan and son when one day, her veteran husband Bon, thought to be dead, suddenly reappears, shattered and battered by the war.
Tradition and social expectation are powerful tools as she is implicitly pressured to go back to Bon, their war hero after fourteen years, leaving unwillingly behind her beloved husband and son.
The story alternates between Mien's, Bon's and Hoan's interior musings (life and destiny I scream your na ...more
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