Children of the Mist
dir. Diem Ha Le 2021 Vietnam, France 93 min.
2021 - DOC NYC New York; 2021 – Göteborg IFF; 2021 – IDFA: Best Directing
Di is a 12-year-old girl from a Vietnamese village. She belongs to an ethnic minority in which girls get married at a very young age. She decides to break this tradition
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Di is a 12-year-old girl from the mist-shrouded mountains of northern Vietnam. She belongs to the Hmong, an ethnic minority in which girls get married at a very young age. This is often preceded by a controversial “bride-kidnapping”, where the girl is abducted by her future husband. We observe a clash between ancient customs and modern values, in a place where children from a traditional culture also have access to the outside contemporary world.
