Geronimo1967
This is quite a poignant wartime drama thats told largely from the perspective of the young Hung (Phi Lan). With his father away at the war, he lives with his little sister Xuan (Huynh Cazenas) and their ailing mother (Xuan Ha) but with the flames of war getting ever closer, their lives are becoming more dangerous. For safety, they relocate to their cousins, but they dont really have any interest in this little family, and when the mum finally succumbs to her illness, it falls to the youngster to look after his sister as best he can. He tries all manner of jobs from collecting old newspapers to shining shoes, but in the end he cannot cope alone and so puts Xuan under the kindly care of the local French hospital. His determination to survive...