The Third Wife
The Third Wife
Genre
Drama
Director
Ash Mayfair
Run time
1h 36min
Cast
Long Le Vu, Mai Thu Huong Maya
In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May’s hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally comes to an understanding of the brutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between.
Genre
Drama
Director
Ash Mayfair
Run time
1h 36min
Cast
Long Le Vu, Mai Thu Huong Maya
In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May’s hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally comes to an understanding of the brutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between.
Info
Rating
(none)
Production year
2018
Global distributor
Mappa
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/17/2018