Children of the Mist
6.7
2022
1h 32m
Documentary
Di is a 12-year-old girl from the mist-shrouded mountains of northern Vietnam. She belongs to the Hmong, an ethnic minority in which girls get married at a very young age. This is often preceded by a controversial “bride-napping,” where the girl is abducted by her future husband on New Year’s Eve. Negotiations between the families follow. This also happened to Di’s sister and their mother, so it doesn’t seem strange that in preparation the women and girls discuss sex and married life without embarrassment. But Di also goes to school, where she learns very different values. And in her own way, even Di’s mother tries to warn her daughter about child marriage.
Key Crew
Director
Hà Lệ Diễm
Producers
Trần Phương Thảo
Swann Dubus
Cinematography
Hà Lệ Diễm
Cast (29)
Má Thị Di
Self
Châu Thị Xay
Self
