Film Screening - "The Little Heart"

Wednesday May 14, 5:30PM
Film Screening – The Little Heart.
Odegaard Library Room 220, University of Washington.

The Southeast Asia Center and IVCE are please to announce the premiere of the new Vietnamese film - Trái Tim Bé B.ng or "The Little Heart" directed by Nguy.n Thanh Vân. Film: 35mm & DVD, Color, English subtitles. Synopsis: Seventeenyear- old Mai considers herself "lucky", leaving behind all her struggles, all her memories, all her loved ones, including her dear teenage boyfriend, Den, who is a year older. She thought she had found a very promising career in embroidery work with some special arrangements from a broker. Unfortunately, life is not as simple as that. She soon realizes that she had fallen into a very subtle web of brothel operations. And in this chaotic, strange city with no one to turn to, she surrenders to prostitution and eventually the awful disease that comes with that life. Meanwhile, Minh, Mai's 15-year-old sister, is completely unaware of what had been going on with her sister in Saigon and was dreaming about joining her sister there as well. As soon as Mai knows of Minh's intentions, she leaves the city immediately to go back her village to stop Minh. The drama eventually unfolds when Mai gets back to her home village. This is where the lovers, Mai and Den, meet again. This is where the woman broker, who has been seducing young girls with promises of exciting city work dwells. Has it been all worth the dream of glamorous city life? Awards: The Global Film Initiative Award, 2007. [http://www.globalfilm.org/programs.htm]. For more information please contact the Southeast Asia Center at seac@u.washington.edu or call at (206) 543-9606.