Synopsis:
The powerful story of a man who fought, a woman who endured... and a
love caught up in the explosive wartime upheaval of a land and a people
caught between Heaven and Earth. Hiep Thi Le as Phung Le Ly, it recounts
the epic journey of her life, which began in an idyllic village in
Central Vietnam living as her people had lived for thousands of years.
When the war broke out, she was plunged into a maelstom, trapped between
the forces of North and South. Separated from her family, Le Ly was
imprisoned by the South Vietnamese, who used an assortment of tactics on
her, including electric shock treatment, and upon release from prison,
she was raped by a vicious gang of Viet Cong. After escaping to Saigon,
she becomes pregnant by an employer and is fired. She turns to
prostitution to survive, until Steve Butler (Tommy Lee Jones), an
American Special Forces officer, impulsively asks her to marry him and
return to America with him.
Starring:
Haing S. Ngor
Joan Chen
Hiep Thi Le
Tommy Lee Jones
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