The White Silk Dress Page #9

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


784

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59:35,040 -- 01:59:35,760

Daddy!

785

01:
59:37,476 -- 01:59:40,476

Mommy, please tell Daddy not to bury An!

786

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59:42,281 -- 01:59:43,281

Mom!

787

01:
59:44,750 -- 01:59:47,750

Daddy, don't bury my sister!

788

01:
59:52,356 -- 01:59:55,356

Mommy, tell An to wake up!

789

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Mom!

790

02:
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An, I miss you so much.

791

02:
00:54,620 -- 02:00:57,620

You are with our beloved Buddha,

aren't you?

792

02:
00:58,924 -- 02:01:01,393

I offer you this book

793

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01:01,393 -- 02:01:04,394

so you can read stories to him, okay?

794

02:
01:04,663 -- 02:01:06,130

You don't have to worry,

795

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01:06,130 -- 02:01:09,131

I won't stain mom's white dress anymore.

796

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I'll listen to you.

797

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I'll be a decent young girl.

798

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When you meet Buddha,

799

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tell him to wait for me...

800

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that someday I'll be with him.

801

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02:10,295 -- 02:02:13,030

Mom fixed your dress for me.

802

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02:13,030 -- 02:02:15,099

I don't have to use pins anymore.

803

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Take a look.

804

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02:15,733 -- 02:02:18,734

Do you think it looks beautiful on me?

805

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03:30,175 -- 02:03:33,175

Honey, it's about to rain. Let's go home.

806

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Darling, let's paddle over there

to fetch some more wood.

807

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The rain's heavy and the tides

are going to be strong.

808

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03:57,635 -- 02:03:59,370

Let's go home.

809

02:
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Darling, if we fetch those pieces of wood

and sell the baskets of mussels

810

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04:03,575 -- 02:04:06,575

we will have enough money to buy

a new white dress for Corn to go to school.

811

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Darling!

812

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Darling!

813

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Darling!

814

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Dan!

815

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Darling!

816

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Darling!

817

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Dan!

818

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Dan!

819

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Dan!

820

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Dan!

821

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Dan!

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Dan!

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Dan!

824

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Be nice. Stop crying.

825

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I'll tell Corn to boil

some corn for you, okay?

826

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Corn, did you boil the corn?

827

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Are they ready for Rich to eat?

828

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Don't worry,

829

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Mom will be back to breast-feed you soon.

830

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Rich, come on, stop crying.

831

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Daddy is here.

832

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06:36,560 -- 02:06:38,595

Oh, Daddy is home.

833

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06:38,595 -- 02:06:41,231

Where is Mommy?

834

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06:41,231 -- 02:06:42,800

Why didn't she come home with you?

Rich wants to be breast-feed.

835

02:
06:42,800 -- 02:06:44,368

I've been trying to comfort her,

but I can't get her to stop crying.

836

02:
06:44,368 -- 02:06:46,670

Corn, Daddy is home.

837

02:
06:46,670 -- 02:06:49,671

Ah, Daddy is home.

838

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06:50,008 -- 02:06:50,841

Daddy, look.

839

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06:50,841 -- 02:06:53,377

I boiled the pot of corn all by myself.

840

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06:53,377 -- 02:06:55,980

Where is Mommy, Daddy?

841

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06:55,980 -- 02:06:58,981

Why are you crying?

842

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Because you are such a good girl.

843

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That's why I'm crying.

844

02:
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Where is Mommy, Daddy?

845

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Mom will be back soon.

846

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Mussels.

847

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Mussels, anyone...

848

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Mussels.

849

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Mussels, anyone...

850

02:
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All Buddhist monks and students

must stop their

851

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10:22,320 -- 02:10:24,288

violent acts and anti-government

meetings at once.

852

02:
10:24,288 -- 02:10:27,289

You must go back to your homes

to avoid any bloodshed

853

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when our nation is experiencing

grave disorder.

854

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10:32,462 -- 02:10:34,631

We are on the verge of war.

855

02:
10:34,631 -- 02:10:37,632

The National Leading Committee Chairman

has ordered

856

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temporary closings of all schools

in all grades

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in every town and in every village,

from all districts to the main city.

858

02:
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The first time you kissed me,

859

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I was proud to be a man.

860

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When you were alive,

861

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I was proud to be a husband.

862

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And now that you are gone

863

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I'm proud to be a father.

864

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If you were still alive,

865

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I would make you a hundred

white silk dresses for our wedding.

866

02:
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War and natural disasters

have left behind many sad memories,

867

02:
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but your love

has left me with many beautiful ones.

868

02:
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Daddy, what are you looking for?

869

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He's looking for Mom.

870

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Darling, where are you now?

871

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Heaven or Hell ?

872

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I hope you rest in peace.

873

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Corn, hurry up!

874

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Corn, hurry up!

875

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Corn, where are you? Hurry up!

876

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Daddy! Daddy!

877

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We forgot mom's white silk dress.

878

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Corn! Corn! Stop!

879

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Daddy...

880

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Corn, you can't go inside. Stay here.

881

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You stay here!

882

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Daddy!

883

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My mother said a white silk dress

is the symbol

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of a Vietnamese woman's immense

suffering as well as her generosity.

885

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Through traumatic hardship,

886

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through horrific destruction caused

by countless wars,

887

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the Vietnamese white silk dress

still maintains its beauty.

888

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The beauty of a Vietnamese woman

889

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cannot be characterized by white skin,

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rosy cheeks, and red lips,

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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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