Daughter from Danang
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Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings
- Summary: Through intimate and sometimes excruciating moments, Daughter from Danang profoundly shows how wide the chasms of cultural difference and how deep the wounds of war can run - even within one family. (Quad Cinema)
- Director: Gail Dolgin
- Genre(s): War, Documentary
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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100Brilliant documentary.
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80The film's almost unbearable portrait of sadness and grief transcends its specific story to speak to the ways in which need, history and presumption tangle, and sometimes destroy, blood ties.
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80Once Kim and Heidi finally meet, it becomes something much more complex: a gripping drama of culture clash and familial responsibility that also serves as a stinging metaphor for U.S. involvement in Third World nations like Vietnam.
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60A moving and stark reminder that the casualties of war reach much further than we imagine.
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