Lives in the Sands

Lives in the Sands

1999 · 90 min · ★ 8.0

For twenty years, Canh has lived in North Vietnam, unable to return to his home in the south where his wife is waiting for him. She is happy to reunite with her husband until she learns that he has married a young woman in the north and has a child by her. The love triangle becomes more complicated.

Directed by Nguyễn Thanh Vân · Written by Quang Lap Nguyen

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