At the US IndieFESTFilm Awards, the movie was honoured with the Award of Merit and the Awardof Excellence.
The film also won the "Best NarrativeFeature Film" and "Best International Collaboration" awards atthe 2021 Paris International Film Festival, which honours independent studios. Meanwhile,actress Hoang Thi Bich Phuong has won the best actress award for her role inthe film.
The movie tells the tale of a beautiful and strong-willed Vietnamese nurseNguyen Thi Hoa (starring Phuong) in the 1930s who faces various ups and downs,and sorrows. It is the first one that the young actress has ever starred in.
The film was co-directed by Xiang Guo of China and NguyenMinh Phuong, with Bill Einreinhofer being its executive producer.
Last year, Hoang Thi Bich Phuong played a role in a feature entitled “Along thesea” jointly produced by Japan and Vietnam, which bagged an award for Best Filmdealing with Human Trafficking Issues at the 2020 Cairo International FilmFestival./.
VNA