Lệ must decide if she will enter an arranged marriage in order to support her family of struggling durian farmers.
Hayley Ngọc Mai, Samuel An, Công Ninh
Canada
2025
In Vietnamese with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Phạm Gia Quý
Producer
Nic Altobelli
Screenwriter
Solara Thanh Bình Đặng
Cinematography
Chananun Chotrungroj
Editor
Lawrence Le Lam
Production Design
Huyền Coco
Original Music
Veron Xio
Solara Thanh Bình Đặng
Solara Thanh Bình Đặng is a writer, director, and curious human being who lives with her cat Mei Mei on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (“Vancouver”). Her family comes from the coastal cities of Nha Trang and Hong Kong, connecting her deeply with bodies of water and the natural world. She is interested in sinking her teeth into the strange and profound fruits of the past, present, and future.
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