Three single moms are rewriting Vietnam's rulebook—and they don't even know it.
A portrait of three single mothers living in Hanoi who are bringing the very first changes to the core values in the development process of the Vietnamese culture.
Direction
Poels observes without exploiting—rare in docs about 'the other.'
Production
Captures Hanoi's in-between spaces: not village, not fully modern.
Director
Marijn Poels
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Single motherhood in Vietnam carried severe social stigma in 2013; these women were genuine pioneers in a Confucian-influenced society where family reputation traditionally governed everything.
Director Marijn Poels spent years in Vietnam before filming, which explains the unusual trust and access—this isn't parachute journalism.
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