Song of the Stork (Vu Khuc Con Co)

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US Premiere April, 1968-the latest batch of enlisted young men have just arrived at the Xuan Mai training camp to join the ongoing Vietnamese-American war. Five young men begin a journey both physical and psychological that will change their lives forever. Manh lied about his age to enlist in the army without realizing what he has gotten into. May is a more carefree type and dreams of marriage, kids, and living on a farm. Van is a romantic, recording the horrors of war through poetry and letters to his wife. Lam is a spy who proves that even the hardest of soldiers have their frailties. And Vinh, the war correspondent, watches and records what happens around him-a man always at the core of the action, but never demanding recognition. Although together briefly, their bond is the same one that holds a broken country together-a bond of brotherhood that will save their lives. Jonathan Foo and Nguyen Phan Quang Binh's Song of the Stork is the very first film production allowed into Vietnam to make a story about the war. Able to capture the breathtaking scenery and beauty of Vietnam and its people, it is a story of pain, transformation, and healing. - Mike Rabehl