The Birds Sang in a Tranquil Place

The Birds Sang in a Tranquil Place

1986 · 72 min · Drama

After the war a young woman from Saigon goes to the countryside at the call of the government to teach love of country to the local people. There she finds that she doesn't really believe in what she teaches, that she's not really interested in the butterflies and birds of the poems she recites and is terribly bored in the countryside.

Directed by Việt Linh · Written by Lý Lan

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