Owl and the Sparrow

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Tam D 03/11/2024 This movie might resonate hard if you've experienced Vietnam a lot. So many memories and connections. The main characters and their stories strikingly parallel the real lives of many people I've known. It captures some beautiful challenges of everyday life in the beautiful city of Saigon. -ending a little weird as someone said but it was happy, banger movie See more 01/08/2016 Vitnamese film that involves a whole lot of plots. Thuy, a 10 year old girl decides to leave her Uncle that has been taking care of her since her parents died. He's not the nicest guy around so a life in Saigon by her own seems like a nice choice. She get's friends quite easily and her most impotant friends is the pretty air hostess Lan, and the kind zoo keeper Hai. Thuy works as some sort of matchmaker and tries to connect them. Two people that got their issues to deal with, but just as Thuy, the are very kind and warm people. This film is amazing. It's touching, warm and has a lot of heart. It's really sad that the production is very poor. Poor editing in both sound and video, horrible filming and boring photography. It's quite impressive that the film stand very strong - even with big flaws like this. It may be a bit too "kind", but it still manage to feel like an honest portrayal and it's a very moving film. I really dug it and I rate it as a hidden gem that seem way overlooked. 8.5 out of 10 roses. See more 03/18/2013 Best movie of the year. Beats all the Hollywood movies I've seen recently hands down. See more 03/09/2012 Angle shots distracted me in the beginning, but soon enough the plot drew me in deep, and the shots just made everything look realistic. The ending could have been better though. I'd suggest letting Lan go do her job and show a short scene where she comes back with Hai and Thuy waiting for her at the airport. They can have the big hugging finale then, just to keep to the realistic tone of the movie. See more 12/05/2011 I loved this foreign film with a passion! The girl that played Thuy was fantastic, and I loved how we saw the stories of both the flight attendant and the zookeeper in the background. All of their lives played in well with each other, and it was great to see the girl finally be happy in the end. In less than a week, they all became family. See more 09/02/2011 A very good indie film out of Vietnam! I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a non-formulaic type of film to watch. Story focuses on a little girl named Thuy, who is about 10 years old and works in a blinds factory for her hard-core uncle who has custody of her after her parents both died. She runs away to the city and meets two young people who are also feeling alone in the world, and a friendship between these 3 previously unconnected strangers ensues. Check it out it, its worth it. See more Read all reviews

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