Children of the Mist (2022)
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-napping,” where the girl is abducted by her future husband on New Year’s Eve. Negotiations between the families follow. This also happened to Di’s sister and their mother, so it doesn’t seem strange that in preparation the women and girls discuss sex and married life without embarrassment. But Di also goes to school, where she learns very different values. And in her own way, even Di’s mother tries to warn her daughter about child marriage.
Director: Hà Lệ Diễm
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Má Thị Di as Self |
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Châu Thị Xay as Self |
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Má A Pho as Self |
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Má Thị La as Self |
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Má A Cớ as Self |
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Giàng Thị La as Self |
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Giàng Thị Cở as Self |
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Giàng Thị Máy as Self |
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Thào A Vàng as Self |
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Nguyễn Thị Thu Loan as Self |
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Bùi Thị Hoài Thu as Self |
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Má Thị Mảo as Self |
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Má Thị Pàn as Self |
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Má Thị Khu as Self |
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Má Thị Dở as Self |
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Má A Thanh as Self |
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Má Thị Xa as Self |
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Má Thị Khư as Self |
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Má Thị Vu as |
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Má Thị Ày as Self |
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Giàng Thị Sô as Self |
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Má A Chang as Self |
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Lý Thị Sóa as Self |
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Má Thị Dô as Self |
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Má A Dê as Self |
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Má A Chờ as Self |
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Má A Sài as Self |
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Má A Su as Self |
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Má A Kho as Self |
| Directing | Hà Lệ Diễm | Director |
| Camera | Hà Lệ Diễm | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Swann Dubus | Editor |
| Production | Trần Phương Thảo | Producer |
| Production | Swann Dubus | Producer |