It's 1951 Saigon. Ten year old girl Mui arrives to work in an upper class troubled family. There are three son, the youngest being a brat. The grandmother is secluded upstairs. The father is often absent haunted by the death of his young daughter. The mother is concern when he leaves once again taking all of the money. Ten years later, the family has fallen on hard times. Mui becomes a servant of the oldest son's pianist friend.
The story is intriguing at first but it's a little slow. It's all very gentle and the tension is low. The most compelling is the unique lush artificiality to the style. It's obvious that this is made on a soundstage. The sound design adds a layer of the tropical world to this movie. It's a strange unreal reality.
The story is intriguing at first but it's a little slow. It's all very gentle and the tension is low. The most compelling is the unique lush artificiality to the style. It's obvious that this is made on a soundstage. The sound design adds a layer of the tropical world to this movie. It's a strange unreal reality.