Wharf of Widows
At a rural village where most men have perished in the revolutions against French colonisers, their remaining widows and grieving mothers must bear the brunt of rigid patriarchal expectations placed upon them.
At a rural village where most men have perished in the revolutions against French colonisers, their remaining widows and grieving mothers must bear the brunt of rigid patriarchal expectations placed upon them.
Như Quỳnh
Mrs. Hon
Lưu Trọng Ninh
Mr. Van
Minh Châu
Mrs. Nhan
Đinh Thuý Hà
Hạnh
Trần Tiến
Chuộc
Huy Công
Nghĩa’s uncle
Văn Hiệp
Peasant
Hồng Minh
Hà
Ngọc Tản
Nghĩa’s mother
At a rural village where most men have perished in the revolutions against French colonisers, their remaining widows and grieving mothers must bear the brunt of rigid patriarchal expectations placed upon them.
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