Owl and the Sparrow
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A beautiful flight attendant looking for love. A lonely zookeeper hiding within his animal kingdom from a changing society. A little orphan girl selling roses on the streets who relies on the kindness of strangers to survive. It's modern-day Saigon, where eight million people are just trying to keep up with the pace. Thuy, a scrappy ten year who old who lives on the outskirts of the city, has no choice in life but to work in her uncle's bamboo factory. That is, until she packs her bags to run away into the city. Now forced to survive on her own, she first sells postcards then flowers on the streets. Lan, the flight attendant, arrives at Ho Chi Minh airport on a five day layover, checking into the same family-run hotel every week. The hotel girls wonder why she's alone, but Lan only tells them that she's just hard to understand. She doesn't tell them that she's having a secret affair with the airline pilot. Hai, a zookeeper living on the park grounds in a shack, is nursing a broken heart after his fiancé left him. He lives only for his animals now, until the zoo director tells him that his beloved elephant will soon be shipped off to an Indian zoo. In four days, the young runaway will play matchmaker to these lonely hearts in hopes of forming a surrogate family. The only thing that might stop her are city authorities who want her in an orphanage and an overbearing uncle tracking her down in the big city.
Director
Stephane Gauger
Crew
Timothy Linh Bui
Nam Nhat Doan
Stephane Gauger
Stephane Gauger
Stephane Gauger
Ricardo Javier
Pete Nguyen
Quan Van Nguyen
Ham Tran
Ham Tran
Nguyen Van Hoa
Gabriel Verger
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Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival.
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States May 29, 2009
Released in United States on Video May 25, 2010
Released in United States Winter January 16, 2009
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Cinema of the Future: Sturm and Drang) January 24-February 4, 2007.
Shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival (Narrative Competition) June 21-July 1, 2007.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Cinema of the Future: Sturm and Drang) January 24-February 4, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival (Narrative Competition) June 21-July 1, 2007.)
Released in United States Winter January 16, 2009 (LA)
Released in United States on Video May 25, 2010
Released in United States May 29, 2009 (New York City)
