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Information
- Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 96 min.
- Director
- Kim Mordaunt
- Genre
- Drama
- Rating *
- 7.3
- Votes *
- 2,559
- Checks
- 195
- Favs
- 16
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 8.2% (1:12)
- Favs/dislikes
- 8:1
Top comments
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Shingwauk
This film shows the ability to handle endless upheaval and still achieve. Perception is not always the truth. Cinematography is excellent of the lush and native country of Laos. 9 years 7 months ago -
Siskoid
According to The Rocket, in a certain Lao village, when twins are born, one of them is blessed, the other is cursed. When the village is displaced by a dam project, the surviving brother of a pair might prove he's the latter. He has certain technological gifts, but they're hardly useful in his world. What follows is a charming adventure - the two little kids are very engaging, especially the little girl - that frowns at a public policy that's rather common in Asia, looks gorgeous, and though the journey must of course go where it goes, it's nonetheless told with notes that, thanks to cultural difference, have a different ring to them than our own family films do. I say "family film", but for more mature kids to watch with their parents, which might go without saying (subtitles), but there is death, misery, and the odd decapitated animal head. Sensitive family members might need a comforting word. But well worth the trip to the other side of the world. 2 years 3 months ago