In 19th century rural Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May is ready to become the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Little does she know that her hidden desires will take her by surprise and force her to make a choice between living in safety and being free.
The Third Wife marks an amazing debut by director Ash Mayfair, who for 4 months lived in a rural village in preparation for the film and to get all the customs and details right. Ash commands the camera with great confidence and you could never have thought that this is her first feature film, but she perfectly blends a disturbing tale of underage marriage with the beautiful countryside of Vietnam. The tempo is consistently composed, yet the emotional waves inside of young May are growing higher and higher.
By some it would be considered art-house, but I hope that term doesn't scare away people from experiencing a film which is in the vein of Tran Anh Hung (Cyclo).
Genre: Drama
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