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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   4,775 votes
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Director:
Oliver Stone
Writers (WGA):
Le Ly Hayslip (book) and
Jay Wurts (book) ...
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Release Date:
25 December 1993 (USA) more
Tagline:
An amazing true story of survival. more
Plot:
The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Forget Vietnam more (33 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Haing S. Ngor ... Papa
Bussaro Sanruck ... Le Ly - Age 5
Supak Pititam ... Buddhist Monk

Joan Chen ... Mama
Thuan K. Nguyen ... Uncle Luc
Hiep Thi Le ... Le Ly
Lan Nguyen Calderon ... Ba
Thuan Le ... Kim

Dustin Nguyen ... Sau

Mai Le Ho ... Hai
Vinh Dang ... Bon
Khiem Thai ... Brother In Law
Liem Whatley ... Viet Cong Captain
Michelle Vynh Le ... Viet Cong Cadre Woman
Tuan Tran ... Rapist
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Entre ciel et terre (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and sexuality.
Runtime:
140 min
Country:
France | USA
Language:
English | Vietnamese
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS
Filming Locations:
Bangkok, Thailand
Company:
Alcor Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tommy Lee Jones and director Oliver Stone both share the exact same birth date: September 15th, 1946. more
Quotes:
Le Ly: [leading her children through the panicking crowds] Don't separate! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Cry Like a Baby more

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23 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Forget Vietnam, 10 June 2003
10/10
Author: (arzigogolo@interfree.it) from Padova, Italia

I don't understand why most people don't appreciate this movie. I guess one reason is that it's not easy to look at your own people, US soldiers, as enemies, or at your country - in the final - as the land of fatty meaninglessnes. Or maybe they were expecting something different from Stone, something more than that history - not so unusual as someone observed - of a simple vietnamese country girl. The point, for me, is that this is not a film about the vietnam war, which is only the background. If you make the effort to forget the vietnam war, its historical and cultural legacy, to avoid being on the side of one of the armies (maybe is easier for me, being an italian), you'll discover one of the most intense movie about the family and the bonds with the earth where you belong. Stone through the story of this simple girl succeeded in telling the story of entire humankind, analizing those which are its roots, its ties, its hopes, its condemnations. Honestly, one of the best movies I've ever seen. Sincere, profound, touching. True.

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