The White Silk Dress Page #5

Synopsis: The love story of Dan (a beautiful young woman) and Gu (a humpback), servants from two separate households in Ha Dong, Vietnam who have suffered most of their lives at the hands of their cruel masters. The couple flee south soon after Gu presents Dan with a wedding gift - the precious white silk dress his mother had owned (his one valuable possession), while he promises her a proper marriage someday in the future. The couple arrive in the seaside town of Hoi An and build a new life, with Dan ultimately giving birth to 4 daughters. Despite struggling through immense poverty and hardships, the family is happy and fulfilled as long as they have each other, but the horrors of the encroaching war brings tragedy and threatens to tear them apart.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Luu Huynh
  3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Year:
2006
142 min
34 Views


394

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56:30,920 -- 00:56:33,789

He's very old.

395

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56:33,789 -- 00:56:36,790

He must have breast milk

to give him strength.

396

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56:45,635 -- 00:56:48,635

If you agree,

then stand over there by the hole.

397

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56:49,305 -- 00:56:52,305

Otherwise, go home.

398

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57:01,317 -- 00:57:03,819

Mr. Thoon sucks on a breast

just like a baby sucks on a breast.

399

00:
57:03,819 -- 00:57:06,820

There's nothing to be afraid of.

400

00:
59:22,558 -- 00:59:25,558

Have a little sweet potato

mixed with mussels.

401

00:
59:26,362 -- 00:59:29,362

Mom should be home soon

to breast-feed you,

402

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59:29,362 -- 00:59:30,465

understand?

403

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59:30,465 -- 00:59:31,733

Stop crying

404

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59:31,733 -- 00:59:32,233

or

405

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59:33,336 -- 00:59:36,336

your belly button will pop out

like a frog's eye.

406

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59:37,273 -- 00:59:39,474

That won't be a pretty sight, will it?

407

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59:39,474 -- 00:59:40,909

Isn't it good?

408

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59:40,909 -- 00:59:43,612

A little more, just a bit more. Come on.

409

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59:43,612 -- 00:59:44,612

Mom.

410

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59:47,618 -- 00:59:50,618

Yes, I know. Mom will be home soon.

411

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59:50,618 -- 00:59:52,254

If you don't want to eat,

412

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59:52,254 -- 00:59:55,255

then I will sing you a song, okay?

413

01:
00:08,004 -- 01:00:10,205

Stop crying. Let me hold her.

414

01:
00:10,205 -- 01:00:11,974

She's been crying from

early morning until now.

415

01:
00:11,974 -- 01:00:14,076

I fed her sweet potato,

but she refuses to eat.

416

01:
00:14,076 -- 01:00:15,210

You go to school.

417

01:
00:15,210 -- 01:00:18,211

No. I don't want to go to school.

418

01:
00:18,514 -- 01:00:21,514

Mom will be sad if you don't.

419

01:
01:16,039 -- 01:01:18,774

Daddy, look what I found?

420

01:
01:18,774 -- 01:01:21,775

Give it to me.

421

01:
01:23,479 -- 01:01:26,081

Don't ever let me see you

playing with those things again.

422

01:
01:26,081 -- 01:01:28,050

Yes, Daddy.

423

01:
01:28,050 -- 01:01:31,051

It's a grenade.

It will explode, understand?

424

01:
03:56,399 -- 01:03:58,800

How much is it per yard?

425

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03:58,800 -- 01:04:01,801

Ninety-five dongs per yard.

It's Bangkok silk.

426

01:
04:02,438 -- 01:04:05,438

I just got it in yesterday.

427

01:
04:08,110 -- 01:04:11,110

And what about this?

428

01:
04:11,380 -- 01:04:14,380

That one? It's quite cheap.

429

01:
04:14,380 -- 01:04:17,352

Only fifty dongs per yard.

430

01:
04:17,352 -- 01:04:20,353

I want to make a white dress

for my oldest daughter to go to school.

431

01:
04:20,353 -- 01:04:23,423

How much will it cost to get a dress made?

432

01:
04:23,423 -- 01:04:25,527

You,re having a dress made for An?

Yes.

433

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04:25,527 -- 01:04:26,595

Let me see.

434

01:
04:26,595 -- 01:04:29,497

For fabric and labor,

one hundred fifty dongs.

435

01:
04:29,497 -- 01:04:32,498

But for you, I'll only charge

one hundred twenty dongs.

436

01:
04:33,836 -- 01:04:36,836

Thank you. I'll be back in a few days.

437

01:
04:37,807 -- 01:04:39,007

Remember to stop by, okay?

438

01:
04:39,007 -- 01:04:42,008

Yes, good bye.

439

01:
04:49,252 -- 01:04:52,252

Oh my God, my baby has had

a fever since yesterday.

440

01:
04:54,023 -- 01:04:57,023

Your forehead is burning up.

441

01:
04:57,023 -- 01:04:59,094

Let me cook you some porridge

442

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04:59,094 -- 01:05:02,095

and get you some medicine, okay?

443

01:
05:21,584 -- 01:05:24,584

Open your mouth.

444

01:
05:25,288 -- 01:05:28,288

Here. Be nice, okay.

445

01:
05:30,760 -- 01:05:33,596

Try to eat some of this.

446

01:
05:33,596 -- 01:05:36,597

Mommy will be back soon.

447

01:
05:38,067 -- 01:05:39,067

It's really tasty.

448

01:
05:39,067 -- 01:05:42,068

Where has Mommy gone for so long?

449

01:
05:43,406 -- 01:05:46,406

Excuse me, is this Mrs. Dan's house?

450

01:
05:48,044 -- 01:05:50,845

Yes, but she isn't home.

451

01:
05:50,845 -- 01:05:52,347

How can I help you?

452

01:
05:52,347 -- 01:05:55,348

Mrs. Phon hasn't seen Mrs. Dan come by

to breast-feed for two days.

453

01:
05:56,052 -- 01:05:59,052

That's why Mrs. Phon asked me

to stop by and look for her.

454

01:
06:00,189 -- 01:06:03,189

Can't Mrs. Phon breast-feed

the baby herself

455

01:
06:03,826 -- 01:06:06,826

instead of calling on my wife?

456

01:
06:07,029 -- 01:06:08,797

It's not to breast-feed the baby.

457

01:
06:08,797 -- 01:06:11,798

It's to breast-feed Mr. Thoon.

458

01:
06:15,805 -- 01:06:18,540

Viet Cong! Viet Cong!

459

01:
06:18,540 -- 01:06:21,541

Viet Cong! Viet Cong!

460

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06:23,479 -- 01:06:26,479

Viet Cong!

461

01:
06:27,383 -- 01:06:30,383

Viet Cong!

462

01:
06:47,937 -- 01:06:50,405

The porridge is done, Mom.

463

01:
06:50,405 -- 01:06:53,406

Hold your sister for me.

464

01:
07:18,501 -- 01:07:21,501

Have some herbs.

465

01:
07:28,644 -- 01:07:31,644

Have some herbs.

466

01:
07:32,915 -- 01:07:35,915

You're going to be feel better.

467

01:
07:39,789 -- 01:07:40,629

It will

468

01:
07:45,194 -- 01:07:48,194

make you feel better.

469

01:
07:54,937 -- 01:07:57,937

Flood is still sick. I'm very worried.

470

01:
08:00,910 -- 01:08:03,910

Darling, Flood is still very sick.

471

01:
08:04,713 -- 01:08:06,781

She's sick now. She'll be fine later.

472

01:
08:06,781 -- 01:08:09,184

If she dies, then we'll have another.

473

01:
08:09,184 -- 01:08:10,584

You can still reproduce.

474

01:
08:10,584 -- 01:08:13,585

What's there to worry about?

475

01:
08:14,390 -- 01:08:15,690

What's wrong with you?

476

01:
08:15,690 -- 01:08:16,558

Your daughter is sick

477

01:
08:16,558 -- 01:08:17,892

and you,re talking like an idiot.

478

01:
08:17,892 -- 01:08:20,893

Shut up! You ungracious b*tch!

479

01:
08:20,893 -- 01:08:23,896

Don't you dare speak to your husband like

one of those ignorant women.

480

01:
08:24,900 -- 01:08:26,802

I'll slap you until you can speak no more,

481

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you ungrateful wretch!

482

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08:27,902 -- 01:08:30,903

Better to be poor, but decent!

483

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08:32,741 -- 01:08:34,309

What have I done so terribly wrong

484

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08:34,309 -- 01:08:36,077

for you to yell at me like this?

485

01:
08:36,077 -- 01:08:37,812

Shut up!

486

01:
08:37,812 -- 01:08:40,582

What have you done so terribly wrong?

487

01:
08:40,582 -- 01:08:42,684

You're so clever, aren't you?

488

01:
08:42,684 -- 01:08:44,953

Don't waste time putting on

an act with me.

489

01:
08:44,953 -- 01:08:47,954

Mr. Thoon is dying for breast milk

and you sit here

490

01:
08:48,891 -- 01:08:51,891

with it dripping all over your blouse.

491

01:
08:52,528 -- 01:08:54,262

What a waste!

492

01:
08:54,262 -- 01:08:57,263

You'd better go. And don't worry

if our baby cries of hunger,

493

01:
08:57,832 -- 01:09:00,335

I'll breast-feed her myself.

494

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09:00,335 -- 01:09:02,569

You haven't worked for two weeks now.

495

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09:02,569 -- 01:09:05,373

Where are we to find money to make

a dress and buy medicine for our children?

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Luu Huynh

Lưu Huỳnh (born Saigon) is a Vietnam-born Vietnamese American film director. His family arrived in America when he was 16 years old. He worked as a director for the Vietnamese diaspora variety show Paris By Night, which is banned in Vietnam. In 1997, a segment he directed accompanying a song by Trịnh Công Sơn generated much controversy among overseas Vietnamese because it allegedly depicted South Vietnam during the Vietnam War in a negative light.His 2007 film The White Silk Dress (Áo lụa Hà Đông) won the Audience Award at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, the Kodak Vision award at the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival in Japan, and the highly coveted "Best foreign film" award at the Golden Rooster Awards in China.The White Silk Dress has also been officially selected to represent Vietnam at the 80th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category."The Legend is Alive" (Huyền thoại bất tử) released in 2009 and won six Golden Kite Awards, including a tie for Best Film.His latest film, "In the name of love" (Lấy chồng người ta) was nominated for People's choice award in 2012. more…

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