Me Thao: Once Upon a Glorious Time

Apr 1, 2002

1h 47m

★ 2.8

Overview

In early 20th century Vietnam, a nobleman scorns everything Western after his beautiful fiance dies in an auto wreck and forces the poor villagers to destroy all their "modern" possessions. Loosely based on the novel "Chùa Đàn" by Nguyễn Tuân

Genres

Romance

Drama

History

Production Companies

Giai Phong Film Studio

Les Films d'Ici

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Cast

Nguyễn

Dũng Nhi

Tam

Đơn Dương

Tơ

Nga Thuy

Old servant

Hồng Chương

Cam

Minh Trang

Sinh

Hoàng Dũng

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