A Time Far Past
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Sai is forced to marry Tuyet at the age of ten and leaves his home by the river wharf to live with an old man named Kien. As the war against France accelerates, Sai enlists to fight and falls in love with another woman named Huong. While the affair is fated not to last, Tuyet struggles to keep her marriage together.
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Cast
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Phuong Dung
Tuyet
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Gone, Gone, Forever Gone
Nguyen Thi Huyen
Huong
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Phuong Dung Ho
Tuyet
Quang Minh Hô
Bruno Daniault
Ngô Thế Quân
Giang Minh Sai
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The Story of Pao
Father and Son
Thi Huyen Nguyen
Huong
Trần Hạnh
Ông đồ
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The Beautiful Country
The General Retires
Van Minh Nguyen
Ngo The Quan
Giang Minh Sai
Hồ Quang Minh Director · Lê Lựu Story Đặng Hữu Phúc Composer
First release December 17, 2004 · Produced in France, Vietnam · Production Solimane Productions
Production
Giai Phong Film Studio
Production
Solimane Productions
Production
France · Vietnam
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Original title
Thời Xa Vắng
Original language
Vietnamese
Spoken on screen
Vietnamese
Release dates
Vietnam · December 17, 2004
Theatrical · Hanoi
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
September 23, 2005 · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
August 30, 2005 · Montréal World Film Festival
China
June 14, 2005 · Shanghai International Film Festival
India
July 1, 2005 · New Delhi Festival of Asian Cinema
Singapore
April 23, 2005 · Singapore International Film Festival
Vietnam
April 23, 2005 · Theatrical · Singapore International Film Festival
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