
Precious Little Hearts
2007-11-09 · 84 min · Not rated
In hopes of getting her family out of poverty, 17-year-old Mai follows a neighbour's offer and leaves her small fishing village in Central Vietnam to work as a seamstress in Saigon, not knowing her neighbour had sold her into prostitution, and a grisly fate awaits her upon arrival.
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- Directors
- Nguyễn Thanh Vân
- Production companies
- Hãng Phim Truyện Việt Nam
- Countries
- Vietnam
- Status
- Released
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Lan HàMai
Hồng ÁnhMs. Cháy
Hồng Kim HạnhMinh
Nguyễn HậuCustomer at the brothel
Mai ThànhCustomer at the brothel
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