Land of Sorrows

This foreign Englishsubtitled film dramatizes the effect of the Vietnam War on a single South Vietnamese family the inner conflict of decisions by each member of the family whether to remain in Vietnam or leave with the imminent advance and fall of Hue and eventual fall of Vietnam Dat Kho whos cast includes the beloved Vietnamese inconic antiwar songwriterpoetartist Trinh Cong Son 19392001 who posthumously won the World Peace Music Award in 2004 is a story of the love of family love of homeland love of the culture and language of Vietnam and the ethereal love of the ingenue daughter for her fiance foiled by the antagonistic forces of the everpresent war A thoughtprovoking film