Minh Châu

Adapted from a famous short story of Nhật Tuấn.

Ms. Thuan lives in a coastal village. Tuc Scar is her neighbor with a bad past: he was imprisoned for stealing state property. Tuc Scar suspects that Thuan was the one who denounced him, so he hates her very much. Released from prison, he intends to take revenge. But while in prison, his son was wandering without support, and Thuan took him in. Tuc Scar has come to his senses, not letting Tu At, a delinquent boss, be dragged into the path of sin. Unable to entice Tuc Scar, Tu At arrested his son and murdered Ms. Thuan. The police surrounded Tu At when he was looking for a way to escape.

Une journaliste nommée Lien interviewe une ancienne prostituée de guerre du Sud-Vietnam nommée Nguyet, aujourd'hui hospitalisée, sur la façon dont elle a hébergé un chef vietcong blessé pendant la guerre.

Based on a well-known novel of the same title by author Duong Huong, “Wharf of Widows” reflects stories in the context of a rural Village called Dong – a typical North Vietnamese village with bamboo ramparts, communal house roofs, banyan trees and wharves. It was a time when the north hurried to build up the countryside and support the southern battlefield. The movie takes us back to the olden days of peaceful northern villages and women waiting for their men to return from the battlefield. The war robbed the village of healthy strong men leaving behind the women who waited at the water’s edge.