Saigon, 1985. Khang is a young translator on his way to success thanks to his family connections. Tasked with working on a new translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, Khang arrives at his new home where he meets Ky Nam, a widowed older woman from the South who makes a living by cooking. A relic of the defeated South, she lives quietly, cooking meals for a living and carrying the weight of unspoken grief. When an accident leaves her temporarily unable to work, Khang offers to help. What begins as an act of kindness slowly deepens into something far more powerful in this lyrical, contemplative sophomore feature from Leon Le.
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Leon Le
Leon Le is a multidisciplinary artist whose career spans stage, film, and television. A Broadway performer turned filmmaker, his film Song Lang (2018) received over 50 international awards. His previous shorts Dawn and Talking to My Mother explored race and sexuality through Asian perspectives. He lives between New York and Vietnam.
