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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Stone of Expectation
1991 0h 20m FR
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6.1
MID
★6.1TMDB · 7
Drama
Synopsis
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Is the tale of a man and a woman, both boat people, who meet in a transit refugee camp in Indonesia. Years later, they live in Paris, married with a child. One day, the husband discovers that his wife happens to be his younger sister.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Marine Le Luong
L'enfant
Lâm Lê
Le mari
Trần Nữ Yên Khê
La femme
Hai Vu
La mère
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Trần Anh Hùng
- Writers
- Trần Anh Hùng
- Languages
- Vietnamese
- Countries
- France
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Trần Anh Hùng directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in Vietnamese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 235 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Marine Le Luong and Lâm Lê and Trần Nữ Yên Khê carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0479260 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 20 min · 0h 20m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Trần Anh Hùng
Production companies
Who made it
- LA
Lazennec Tout Court
FR
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1991-03-01
