Owl and the Sparrow

Young Pham Thi Han's character persists despite much hardship and finds a family

Saigon today is still a city of lost children in Stephane Gauger's "Owl and the Sparrow," though in the film there is hope and optimism running through the streets where they live -- perhaps that is what has washed the city clean of any visible poverty or decay.
Unfolding over four days -- and shot over just 15 -- the lives of young orphan Thuy (Pham Thi Han), airline stewardess Lan (Cat Ly) and zookeeper Hai (Le The Lu) intersect, and connections are made that in some way will save each of them. [...]

di Betsy Sharkey, articolo completo (2101 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 16 gennaio 2009