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A tale of love : a film
Title
A tale of love : a film / by Trinh T. Minh-ha and Jean-Paul Bourdier ; director, producer, writer, editor, Trinh T. Minh-ha ; co-director, co-producer, Jean-Paul Bourdier ; Moongift Films.
Published
New York : Distributed by Women Make Movies, [2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
Public performance rights granted.
Distribution date from label in container.
Director of photography, Kathleen Beeler ; music, The Construction of Ruins.
In English and Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Summary
A film loosely inspired by the Tale of Kieu, an early 19th century Vietnamese poem in which a martyred woman sacrifies herself for the good of her family. This film, set in America, portrays the Vietnamese immigrant experience through Kieu, a writer who sends money to her family in Vietnam by working for a woman's magazine. As she works on an article about the legacy of the Tale of Kieu, she comes to understand how the poem resonates in her own life. In the end, overcoming the sorrows of love and exile is, for Kieu, to reinvent both herself and the 200-year-old poem.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Vietnamese
Added to Catalog
January 12, 2018
Credits
Director of photography, Kathleen Beeler ; music, The Construction of Ruins.
Cast
Mai Huynh, Juliette Chen, Dominic Overstreet, Mai Le Ho, Kieu Loan.
System details note
DVD-R, NTSC; stereo.
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD equipment. A different DVD decoder may need to be downloaded to view video.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Independent films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Also listed under
Moongift Films (Firm)
Women Make Movies (Firm)
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