In the final days of the war, Duyên faces a daily struggle to take care of her young son and ailing father-in-law, all the while hiding from them the fact that her husband has recently been killed in battle.
Acting
Lê Vân's face does what dialogue cannot.
Cinematography
Mist-shrouded rice paddies that breathe with her grief.
Direction
Đặng Nhật Minh lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Đặng Nhật Minh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Vietnam's Đổi Mới reforms, the film quietly interrogated state heroism by focusing on a woman's invisible war at home.
The 'wraith' keyword isn't supernatural — her husband's presence persists through performance, making this perhaps cinema's most literal ghost story without effects.
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