Children of the Mist

Year: 2021
Description: Follows three years in the life of 12-year-old Di in her indigenous Hmong community in Vietnam, where she goes to school, flirts with boys, and vanishes one night as part of a cultural tradition called bridenapping that allows boys and men to kidnap girls and hold them hostage before they agree to marry.
Director: Hà Lệ Diễm
Producer: Dubus, Swann; Trân Phương Thảo
Cinematographer: Hà Lệ Diễm
Production Team: Varan Vietnam and Film Movement
Genre: Documentary
Language: Hmong and Vietnamese with English subtitles
Other Title: Những đứa trẻ trong sương
Media Format: 1 DVD (93 min.) or 1 streaming video (93 min.)
Type: Color
Production Notes: Some materials about the film have family names first in Hmong names and some use inverted order.
Updated: 03-14-2024

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