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Goodbye Mother

Thưa Mẹ Con Đi

  • 2019
  • 1h 46min
  • Trinh Dinh Le Minh
“A quietly beautiful film that sits with you, like a soft goodbye not yet said.” “A quietly beautiful film that sits with you, like a soft goodbye not yet said.”

Synopsis

When Van returns to Vietnam from the U.S. to relocate his father’s tomb, he brings Ian, his Vietnamese-American boyfriend, posing as a friend. As the family prepares for the ceremony, Van struggles with the secret he carries, especially from his widowed mother. Goodbye Mother is a gentle yet poignant portrait of love, identity, and the unspoken bonds that hold families together.
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Goodbye Mother

The joys of being in Vietnam? You get Vietnamese Netflix. And that meant I could watch a film like Goodbye Mother. I really wasn’t expecting much, just a quiet evening in my gorgeous Airbnb in Hanoi, but then this film completely moved me. It was gentle, tender, and full of such quiet beauty. The performances were delicate and full of warmth. It honestly felt like one of those subtle moments that leave a deep mark. One of those quiet turning points in your cinematic life.
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