简介："DatKho;LandofSorrows"isafilmdepictingthestoryofoneSouthVietnamesefamilyduringtheVietnamWar.Althoughthestoryisfiction,itisdrawnfromreallifeexperiences.Thewriterweavesmanytimelessandpoignantissuesthatareraisedduringthewar.ThefilmisdirectedbyHaThucCan,aformerCBScameramanthatcoveredthewar.Thiswashisoneandonlyventureindirectingfilm.ThefilmwasshotonlocationinVietnamandactuallycontainsrealfootageoftheevacuationofHueduringtheTetOffensive.ThefilmstarsTrinhCongSon,aVietnamesemusicianandantiwarprotester.Hissongsareincorporatedintothestorylineandhelpbringgreatemotionaldepthtothefilm.Severalissuesareaddressedinthefilm,mainlythecircumstancesandhardshipsofTrinhQuan's(TrinhCongSon)family;theissueofBuddhistimmolation,theTetOffensiveanditalsoweavesaromanticsubplot.TheromancerevolvesaroundThuy,Quan'ssister,andNghia,whoisfirminhispoliticalneutrality.Bycreativelymanipulatingalloftheseissues,HaThucCandeliversawonderfuldepictionofwhatitwasliketobeaSouthVietnameseduringtheVietnamWar.…