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| released = {{Film date|2006|08||Asian Film Festival of Dallas|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asiancinefest.blogspot.com/2006/08/acf-009-asian-film-festival-of-dallas.html|title=AsianCineFest: ACF 009: Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2006|date=15 August 2006|publisher=|accessdate=30 June 2020}}</ref>|2008|02|14|Vietnam|df=y}} |
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'''''Saigon Love Story''''' is ]'s first ] filmed entirely on location in Vietnam including ] and ]. One of the first films independently produced outside of the Communist controlled film industry, ] director Ringo Le decided to return to his birthplace to shoot his first ] project. "Saigon Love Story" had a highly acclaimed sold out screening at ] 2006. The film was an official selection into the Panorama selection at the ] 2006 and was nominated for the "Winds of Asia-Best New Film Award" at the ] 2006. Currently, the film has been traveling throughout the United States in sold-out roadshow tours to help bring attention to Vietnamese films and artists. It was released on Valentine's Day in 2008 across Vietnam. |
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'''''Saigon Love Story''''' is ]'s first ] filmed entirely on location in Vietnam including ] and ]. One of the first films independently produced outside of the Communist controlled film industry, ] director Ringo Le decided to return to his birthplace to shoot his first ] project. "Saigon Love Story" had a screening at ] 2006. The film was an official selection into the Panorama selection at the ] 2006 and was nominated for the "Winds of Asia-Best New Film Award" at the ] 2006. Currently, the film has been traveling throughout the United States in sold-out roadshow tours to help bring attention to Vietnamese films and artists. It was released on Valentine's Day in 2008 across Vietnam. |
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One day, he inadvertently stumbles into a mysterious beautiful street vendor named Tam, selling her cassette, ''Saigon Love Story''. Intrigued about her music, Danh decides to buy the cassette, only to discover that it is blank. When Danh confronts Tam, he finds that she is penniless and unable to repay him, so she serenades him a song in her cassette. Enchanted, Danh finds a voice that has long been suppressed, a voice that is the ticket out of their impoverished life. |
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One day, he inadvertently stumbles into a mysterious beautiful street vendor named Tam, selling her cassette, ''Saigon Love Story''. Intrigued about her music, Danh decides to buy the cassette, only to discover that it is blank. When Danh confronts Tam, he finds that she is penniless and unable to repay him, so she serenades him a song in her cassette. Enchanted, Danh finds a voice that has long been suppressed, a voice that is the ticket out of their impoverished life. |
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Set in Vietnam during the 1980s, Danh is a young boy growing up in Saigon. Though he should help his mother to sell noodles from a cart out of their home, he often sneaks out to buy cassettes.
One day, he inadvertently stumbles into a mysterious beautiful street vendor named Tam, selling her cassette, Saigon Love Story. Intrigued about her music, Danh decides to buy the cassette, only to discover that it is blank. When Danh confronts Tam, he finds that she is penniless and unable to repay him, so she serenades him a song in her cassette. Enchanted, Danh finds a voice that has long been suppressed, a voice that is the ticket out of their impoverished life.
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