The Third Wife

Foreign Film Series ~ The Third Wife

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
  • Chief Theater, 813 Lincoln Ave.
A multi award-winning drama from Vietnam by director Ash Wayfair, screening at the Chief Theater.

In late 19th-century Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife to a wealthy landowner. She quickly learns that she can gain status and security if she gives birth to a male child, but her burgeoning attraction to Xuan, the second wife, puts her fragile standing in jeopardy. As May observes the unfolding tragedy of forbidden love and its devastating consequences, she must make a choice, to either carry on in silence, or forge a path towards personal freedom.

Screens in Vietnamese-with English subtitles

 

Run Time: 

93 min.
...an exquisitely filmed movie that recalls such ’90s art-house classics as “The Scent of Green Papaya” and “Raise the Red Lantern.”
San Francisco Chronicle