Children of the Mist
Những đứa trẻ trong sương
2021
Vietnam
92 min
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-kidnapping,” where the girl is abducted by her future husband on Lunar New Year Celebration.
Ha Le Diem
HÀ Lệ Diễm was born in 1991 in Tay ethnic minority group living in the mountains of Northeast Vietnam. She left her hometown to study journalism at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Hanoi, from where she graduated in 2013. “Children of the Mist” is her first feature documentary film project. She is a “Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee.”
Production :
Varan Vietnam
Varan Vietnam
Cinematography, sound :
Ha Le Diem
Ha Le Diem
Editing :
Swann Dubus
Swann Dubus
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