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The Third Wife (Vo ba)
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In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May's hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally comes to an understanding of the brutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between.
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- Hong Chuong Nguyen
- Long Le Vu
- Nu Yên-Khê Tran
- Mai Thu Huong Maya
- Nguyen Phuong Tra My
- Nhu Quynh Nguyen
- Nguyen Thanh Tam
- Lam Thanh My
- Mai Cát Vi
- Khanh An Tang
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Metacritic
Jul 5, 2019
It’s a strong story with devastating implications, but also one told at an artistic remove that renders its meanings less subtle than diminished. There’s a fury underlying this film that goes unexpressed to the point of almost going unacknowledged, and it saps The Third Wife of a strength and momentum it could use. If Ash Mayfair ever taps into that fury, she may become a filmmaker to reckon with.
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
May 16, 2019
Ash Mayfair’s debut film is an astonishing achievement for a first feature, one not every film-goer will be able to stomach, but a work every caring cinephile should see.
Andrew Bundy
The Playlist
May 15, 2019
It’s too cool for melodrama and too pretty for politics, and the drama of May’s experience occupies a middle ground between pity and indignation.
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
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