The Mother's Heart

FILM SCREENING
November 7, 6:00P.M.
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
>>Synopsis

"The Mother's Heart (Tâm Hon Me)

Followed by discussion with Director, Pham Hue Giang

Director, Pham Hue Giang
2011 (new release); 95 minutes; Vietnamese with English subtitles

Sypnosis :
Lan and her daughter Thu live in a lowland area in the middle of the Red River. Their typical work day includes going to the Long Bien Market very early in the morning to buy wholesale groceries and resell them back at a local market later during the day. Thu's mother falls in love with a driver, a relationship that has no future. She loves him so much that she does not make wise decisions, and thus herbusiness is operating at a loss. Thu always tries to help her mother to make ends meet. She longs for Lan's affection and in order to make up for such a loss of love from her mother, she devotes her affection to a close classmate, who she wants to be her son. Like Thu, Dang lacks a mother's love, as he is an orphan. With a strong personality, responsibility, and love, Thu successfully convinces Dang to consider her as his mother with the best soul.

The Director:
Ms. Pham Hue Giang, a graduate of Hanoi University of Cinematography and Hanoi University of Architecture, is a well-known multi-award winning director in Vietnam. Since her debut film, "Le Petit Culi", made in 1992, she has directed many TV series and feature films which have won her several national and international awards. Among them are the Silver Lotus Prize at the 13th National Film Festival, the First Prize at the 52st FIPRESCI Melbourne International Film Festival, and Second Prize from the Vietnam Association of Cinematography for her film titled "The Deserted Valley" in 2001. She also won second prize from the Vietnam Association of Cinematography and the Complimentary Award from the 12th Vietnam National Film Festival for "Fled" in 1996, the Silver Prize for "Waiting for Tet" from the National Television Film Festival in 2007, the Golden Kite Award from the Vietnam Association of Filmmakers and the Gold Prize at the Vietnam National Television Film Festival in 2007 for her 25-episode series named "Hau Hoa". Most recently, she won the Golden Kite Award again from the Vietnam Association of Filmmakers for her film "The Real and the Ideal" in 2009.

Coordinated by the Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE)
Hosted by the Yale Vietnamese Studies Group (YVSG)