The Third Wife
Year: 2018
Country:
VIETNAM
Language:
Vietnamese
Run Time:
94 minutes
Fourteen-year-old May has just become the third wife of a wealthy landowner, bringing much favor to her family. It is 19th century Vietnam and bearing children, preferably boys, remains the sole purpose of a woman of the era. Under the caring guidance of her two fellow mistresses, or sisters, May’s childhood is fast-tracked when she becomes pregnant. As she anxiously awaits the birth of her child with both joy and trepidation, May takes note of the world around her. Love and loss. Forbidden affairs. Entangled family boundaries. Suppressed desires in a culture where honor, above all else, defines your worth. Although May experiences blissful moments of happiness, she must consider if they are enough to outweigh her inevitable future and what it will mean for her baby. Set in the tranquil serenity of rural Vietnam, THE THIRD WIFE depicts the silent, painful sacrifices women make for the sake of their families’ patriarchal traditions. (In Vietnamese with subtitles) —A.B.
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Ash Mayfair
Ash Mayfair was born raised in Vietnam, she received an MFA in filmmaking from NYU. Ash’s short films have been shown by numerous international film festivals. The screenplay of THE THIRD WIFE won the Spike Lee Production Fund 2014 and was on the NYU Purple List 2015 for the best screenplays written by graduates.
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THE THIRD WIFE (2018)
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Trần Thị Bích Ngọc, Ash Mayfair
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Ash Mayfair
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Chananun Chotrungroj
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Julie Béziau
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Trần Nữ Yên Khê, Mai Thu Hường, Nguyễn Phương Trà My, Nguyễn Như Quỳnh, Lê Vũ Long
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